Quality of life and complementary and alternative medicine use among cancer patients in Turkey

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-294

  Can, Gulbeyaz ^a   Erol, Ozgul ^b   Aydiner, Adnan ^a   Topuz, Erkan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemotherapy; Complementary and alternative medicine; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 69249220434     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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