Interventions with family caregivers of cancer patients, Meta-analysis of randomized trials

CA Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 317-339

  Northouse, Laurel L ^a   Katapodi, Maria C ^a   Song, Lixin ^b   Zhang, Lingling ^a   Mood, Darlene W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956891800     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: 15424863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/caac.20081     Document Type: Article

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