WISECARE+: Results of a European study of a nursing intervention for the management of chemotherapy-related symptoms

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 443-448

  Kearney, Nora ^a   Miller, Morven ^a   Maguire, Roma ^a   Dolan, Shelley ^b   MacDonald, Roseanne ^c   McLeod, Joan ^d   Maher, Louise ^e   Sinclair, Lesley ^f   Norrie, John ^g   Wengström, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Amgen Ireland LtD   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Nursing intervention; Symptom management; Symptom outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EUROPE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMATITIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STOMATITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 57049173011     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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