Weight changes in oncology patients during the first year after diagnosis: A qualitative investigation of the patients' experiences

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 401-409

  Stamataki, Zoe ^a   Burden, Sorrel ^a   Molassiotis, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Longitudinal; Nutrition; Qualitative; Rehabilitation; Symptoms; Weight gain; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT FLUCTUATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80052268856     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e318208f2ca     Document Type: Article

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