Nursing intervention for fatigue during the treatment for cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-206

  De Nijs, Ellen J M ^a   Ros, Winand ^b   Grijpdonck, Mieke H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Julius Center Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^c Primary Health Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer treatment; Chemotherapy; Distraction; Education; Exercise; Fatigue; Nursing intervention; Radiotherapy; Sleep promotion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NURSING INTERVENTION; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SLEEP;

EID: 43249131404     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000305721.98518.7c     Document Type: Review

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