An early structured psychoeducational intervention in patients with breast cancer: Results from a feasibility study

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-234

  Capozzo, Maria Anna ^a   Martinis, Elisabetta ^a   Pellis, Giorgio ^b   Giraldi, Tullio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Sanatorio Triestino   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxious preoccupation; Breast cancer; Cancer; Intervention; Mental adjustment to; Psychoeducational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CURRICULUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOMEN;

EID: 77951765264     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181c1acd6     Document Type: Article

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