Symptom experiences and quality of life of rural and urban older adult cancer survivors

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-369

  Beck, Susan L ^a   Towsley, Gail L ^a   Caserta, Michael S ^a   Lindau, Karen ^a   Dudley, William N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Cancer survivor; Function; Neoplasm; Quality of life; Rural; Symptom

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMORBIDITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTAH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTAH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349144985     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181a52533     Document Type: Article

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