Disparities in mental health between rural and nonrural cancer survivors: A preliminary study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 637-645

  Burris, Jessica L ^a   Andrykowski, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Healthcare disparities; Mental health; Oncology; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77953271203     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1600     Document Type: Article

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