Effects of psychological distress on quality of life of adult daughters and their mothers with cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1129-1136

  Kim, Youngmee ^a   Wellisch, David K ^b   Spillers, Rachel L ^a  

^a BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult daughters; Caregivers; Psychological distress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAUGHTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MOTHER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 57649143925     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1328     Document Type: Article

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