Animal-assisted activity among patients with cancer: Effects on mood, fatigue, self-perceived health, and sense of coherence

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-232

  Johnson, Rebecca A ^a,b   Meadows, Richard L ^a,c   Haubner, Jennifer S ^a   Sevedge, Kathleen ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Research Center for Human Animal Interaction

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Egypt)

^d LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DOGS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 46749129864     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.ONF.225-232     Document Type: Article

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