Can a tailored telephone intervention delivered by volunteers reduce the supportive care needs, anxiety and depression of people with colorectal cancer? A randomised controlled trial

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1053-1062

  White, Victoria M ^a   MacVean, Michelle L ^a   Grogan, Suzi ^a   D'Este, Catherine ^b   Akkerman, Doreen ^a   Ieropoli, Sandra ^a   Hill, David J ^a   Sanson Fisher, Robert ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; psychological distress; RCT; supportive care needs; tailored; volunteers

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHECKLIST; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855198907     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2019     Document Type: Article

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