The effectiveness of patient-family carer (couple) intervention for the management of symptoms and other health-related problems in people affected by cancer: A systematic literature search and narrative review

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-142

  Hopkinson, Jane B ^a   Brown, Joanne C ^a   Okamoto, Ikumi ^a   Addington Hall, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; couple; family; psychosocial intervention; quality of life; review; symptom; systematic

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMBASE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MARITAL THERAPY; MEDLINE; NEOPLASM; NURSING INTERVENTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855278970     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.03.013     Document Type: Review

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