No change in health behavior, BMI or self-rated health after a psychosocial cancer rehabilitation: Results of a randomized trial

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-298

  Ibfelt, Else ^a   Rottmann, Nina ^b   Kjaer, Trille ^a   Høybye, Mette Terp ^a   Ross, Lone ^c   Frederiksen, Kirsten ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a,b   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REHABILITATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM CANCER; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651476307     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.531761     Document Type: Article

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