Adjustment of caregivers of pediatric patients with brain tumors: A cross-sectional analysis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 515-523

  Hutchinson, Katherine C ^a   Willard, Victoria W ^a   Hardy, Kristina K ^b   Bonner, Melanie J ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregivers; Pediatric neuro oncology; Psychosocial adjustment; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN CANCER; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67949106551     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1421     Document Type: Article

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