Distress, quality of life, neuroticism and psychological coping are related in head and neck cancer patients during follow-up

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-398

  Aarstad, Anne K H ^a,b   Beisland, Elisabeth ^b   Osthus, Arild André ^c   Aarstad, Hans J ^a,c  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPE QUESTIONNAIRE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NEUROSIS; NORWAY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SVEBAK HUMOR QUESTIONNAIRE; TISSUE FLAP; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS, SQUAMOUS CELL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952689933     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.504227     Document Type: Article

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