Perceived uncertainty, social support and psychological adjustment in older patients with cancer being treated with surgery

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2311-2319

  Lien, Chin Yen ^a   Lin, Hung Ru ^b   Kuo, Ing Tiau ^c   Chen, Mei Ling ^d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nurses; Nursing; Psychosocial; Quantitative; Surgical

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 68149119097     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02549.x     Document Type: Article

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