Feasibility and preliminary outcomes from a pilot study of coping skills training for adolescent-young adult survivors of childhood cancer and their parents

Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-20

  Santacroce, Sheila Judge ^a   Asmus, Kirsten ^b   Kadan Lottick, Nina ^c   Grey, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b School of Nursing   (United States)

^c HEROS Program   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Coping skills training; Survivors; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949159993     PISSN: 10434542     EISSN: 15328457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043454209340325     Document Type: Article

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