Social support buffers the impact of functional impairments on caregiver psychological well-being in the context of brain tumor and other cancers

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1116-1122

  Ownsworth, Tamara ^a   Henderson, Laura ^a   Chambers, Suzanne K ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

Author keywords

brain tumor; cancer; caregiver; functional impairment; oncology; psychological well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649464183     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1663     Document Type: Article

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