Changes in children's fatigue during the course of treatment for paediatric cancer

International Nursing Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 412-419

  Perdikaris, P ^a,d   Merkouris, A ^c   Patiraki, E ^b   Papadatou, D ^b   Vasilatou Kosmidis, H ^a   Matziou, V ^b  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer; Causes; Child fatigue scale; Greece; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANEMIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55949106762     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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