Symptoms experienced by cancer patients during the first year from diagnosis: Patient and informal caregiver ratings and agreement

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-324

  Molassiotis, Alexander ^a   Zheng, Y ^a   Denton Cardew, L ^a   Swindell, R ^b   Brunton, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Distress; Informal caregivers; Symptom congruence; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 77958521914     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951510000118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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