Parents of children with cancer: Which factors explain differences in health-related quality of life

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1190-1198

  Klassen, Anne F ^a   Raina, Parminder ^a   McIntosh, Cameron ^b   Sung, Lillian ^c   Klaassen, Robert J ^d   O'Donnell, Maureen ^e   Yanofsky, Rochelle ^a   Dix, David ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hospital for Sick Children ^*

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; caregiver; health related quality of life; quality of life; structural equation model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARENT; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOMA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959697886     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25737     Document Type: Article

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