Caregiver distress in the early phases of cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4657-4663

  Pellegrino, Rachela ^a   Formica, Vincenzo ^a,b   Portarena, Ilaria ^a   Mariotti, Sabrina ^a   Grenga, Italia ^a   Del Monte, Girolamo ^b   Roselli, Mario ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Caregiver distress; Principal caregiver; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PRINCIPAL CAREGIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650242347     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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