Symptom monitoring and self-care practices among oncology adults in China

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 184-193

  Williams, Phoebe D ^a   Lopez, Violeta ^b,c   Ying, Chair Sek ^c   Piamjariyakul, Ubolrat ^a   Wenru, Wang ^c,d   Hung, Gloria T Y ^e   Kim, Mira ^a,f   Park, Lisa ^a   Shen, Quihua ^a   Williams, Arthur R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

By checklist; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Complementary medicine; Radiation therapy; Self care; Symptom monitoring; TRSC Chinese version

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF CARE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; SYMPTOM MONITORING; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHECKLIST; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATING;

EID: 77951766797     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181c29598     Document Type: Article

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