Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress among Korean cancer patients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-252

  Kim, Seung Jun ^a,b   Rha, Sun Young ^b   Song, Su Kyung ^c   Namkoong, Kee ^b   Chung, Hyun Cheol ^b   Yoon, Sang Hyun ^b   Kim, Gun Min ^b   Kim, Kyung Ran ^b  

^a Konyang University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Mental illness; Newly diagnosed cancer patients; Prevalence; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOREAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED DISTRESS THERMOMETER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956127924     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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