Preliminary evaluation of psychoeducational support interventions on quality of life in rural breast cancer survivors after primary treatment

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 385-397

  Meneses, Karen ^a,b   McNees, Patrick ^a   Azuero, Andres ^a   Loerzel, Victoria Wochna ^b   Su, Xiaogang ^a   Hassey, Lauren A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer survivors; Interventions; Psychoeducational support; Quality of life; Rural

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; ALASKA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349159590     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181a850e6     Document Type: Article

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