Complementary and alternative medicine use, spending, and quality of life in early stage breast cancer

Nursing Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-66

  Wyatt, Gwen ^a   Sikorskii, Alla ^a   Wills, Celia E ^a   Su, Hong ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complementary and alternative medicine; Quality of life; Spending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549087410     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181c3bd26     Document Type: Article

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