The relationship between optimism and quality of life in newly diagnosed cancer patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-243

  Mazanec, Susan R ^a   Daly, Barbara J ^a,b   Douglas, Sara L ^a   Lipson, Amy R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Optimism; Psychosocial care; Quality of life; Systematic screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SPIRITUAL WELL BEING; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SPIRITUALITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77951765734     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181c7fa80     Document Type: Article

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