Higher distress relates to poor quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 955-959

  Pandey, M ^a   Devi, N ^b   Ramdas, K ^c   Krishnan, R ^b   Kumar, V ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Psychology   (India)

^c REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

cancer; distress; head neck; oral; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STRESS; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 69749094652     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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