Psychological distress among family carers of oesophageal cancer survivors: The role of illness cognitions and coping

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 698-705

  Dempster, Martin ^a   McCorry, Noleen K ^a   Brennan, Emma ^a   Donnelly, Michael ^a   Murray, Liam J ^a   Johnston, Brian T ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; cancer; carers; depression; oesophagus; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 79959720699     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1760     Document Type: Article

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