Restorative yoga for women with ovarian or breast cancer: Findings from a pilot study

Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 47-58

  Danhauer, Suzanne C ^a,d   Tooze, Janet A ^a   Farmer, Deborah F ^b   Campbell, Cassie R ^a   McQuellon, Richard P ^a   Barrett, Rolland ^c   Miller, Brigitte E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Derrick L Davis Forsyth Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Depression; Mind body medicine; Stress; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING; YOGA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 46449135638     PISSN: 1715894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7200.2008.0008     Document Type: Article

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