Trajectories of fatigue in family caregivers of patients undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-139

  Fletcher, Barbara A Swore ^a   Schumacher, Karen L ^a   Dodd, Marylin ^b   Paul, Steven M ^b   Cooper, Bruce A ^b   Lee, Kathryn ^b   West, Claudia ^b   Aouizerat, Bradley E ^b   Swift, Patrick S ^c   Wara, William ^b   Miaskowski, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; Fatigue; Hierarchical linear modeling; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63049096680     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20312     Document Type: Article

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