Association of distress symptoms and use of complementary medicine among patients with cancer

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 736-744

  Ku, Chih Fen ^a   Koo, Malcolm ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alternative therapy; Cancer; Complementary therapies; Nurses; Nursing; Survey; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857033542     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03884.x     Document Type: Article

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