Barriers to meditation by gender and age among cancer family caregivers

Nursing Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-27

  Williams, Anna Leila ^a   Van Ness, Peter ^b   Dixon, Jane ^c   McCorkle, Ruth ^c,d  

^a Quinnipiac University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

caregivers; meditation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655201260     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3182337f4d     Document Type: Article

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