Levels of fatigue in Chinese women with breast cancer and its correlates: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-160

  Li, Yan ^a   Yuan, Changrong ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer related fatigue; Cross sectional survey; Psychological state; Revised Piper Fatigue Scale; Social support level

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952098593     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2010.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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