Fatigue and physical activity in older patients with cancer: A six-month follow-up study

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-202

  Luctkar Flude, Marian ^a   Groll, Dianne ^a   Woodend, Kirsten ^b   Tranmer, Joan ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67649213677     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/09.ONF.194-202     Document Type: Article

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