Spirituality, distress, depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with advanced cancer

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-59

  Kandasamy, A ^a   Chaturvedi, S K ^a   Desai, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; depression; quality of life; spiritual well being; spirituality; symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY SPIRITUAL WELL BEING; HAPPINESS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LUNG CANCER; M.D. ANDERSON SYMPTOM INVENTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVARY CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951976591     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.75828     Document Type: Article

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