Predictive factors in the quality of life of cancer inpatients

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 75-90

  Bruscia, Kenneth ^a   Shultis, Carol ^a   Dennery, Karen ^a   Dileo, Cheryl ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; QOLS; Quality of life; Sense of coherence; SOC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERUS CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 65749276605     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347330802359602     Document Type: Article

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