Beating the blues after Cancer: Randomised controlled trial of a tele-based psychological intervention for high distress patients and carers

BMC Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chambers, Suzanne K ^a,b   Girgis, Afaf ^c   Occhipinti, Stefano ^a   Hutchison, Sandy ^a   Turner, Jane ^d   Carter, Rob ^e   Dunn, Jeff ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 67651040520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-189     Document Type: Article

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