Feasibility study of a telehealth delivered, psychoeducational support group for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 777-781

  Lounsberry, Joshua J ^a   MacRae, Helen ^a   Angen, Maureen ^a   Hoeber, Michelle ^b   Carlson, Linda E ^a,c  

^a ACB   (Canada)

^b Alberta Cancer Board   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; Hematopoietic stem cell transplant; Psychoeducational support group; Stem cell transplant; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; TELEHEALTH; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SURVIVORS; VIDEOCONFERENCING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954154813     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1617     Document Type: Article

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