Self-efficacy beliefs and levels of anxiety in advanced cancer patients

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-211

  Mystakidou, K ^a   Tsilika, E ^a   Parpa, E ^a   Gogou, P ^a   Theodorakis, P ^b   Vlahos, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Municipality of Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Palliative care; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 76949097083     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2008.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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