Symptom distress and self-care strategies of colorectal cancer patients with diarrhea up to 3 months after surgery

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Pan, Li Hui ^a   Tsai, Yun Fang ^a,b   Chen, Mei Ling ^b   Tang, Reiping ^a   Chang, Chee Jen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer patients; Diarrhea; Postsurgery; Self care strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DEFECATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 78650961532     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181e3ca21     Document Type: Article

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