Relationship between social support and fatigue in geriatric patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Karakoç, Tuǧba ^a   Yurtsever, Sabire ^b  

^a MERSIN STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Elderly; Fatigue; Nursing; Social support

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; OUTPATIENT; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; OUTPATIENTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 76849091690     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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