Prevalence of complementary/alternative medicines (CAMs) in a cancer population in northern Italy receiving antineoplastic treatments and relationship with quality of life and psychometric features

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 683-690

  Saini, Andrea ^a   Berruti, Alfredo ^a   Capogna, Serena ^a   Negro, Manuela ^a   Sguazzotti, Erica ^a   Picci, Rocco Luigi ^a   Campagna, Sara ^a   Dongiovanni, Vincenzo ^b   Dogliotti, Luigi ^a   Furlan, Pier Maria ^a   Ostacoli, Luca ^a  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ASL TO5   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic treatments; Cancer; Complementary alternative medicines; Prevalence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960265629     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9795-1     Document Type: Article

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