Impact of more intensive written information in patients having radical radiation therapy: Results of a prospective randomized phase III trial

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-258

  Zissiadis, Yvonne ^a   Harper, Emily ^b   Kearney, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Communication; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM TUMOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TUMOR; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INDEX; TELECONSULTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955714297     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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