Objective and subjective factors as predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in parents of children with cancer - a longitudinal study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Norberg, Annika Lindahl ^a,b   Pöder, Ulrika ^a   Ljungman, Gustaf ^c   von Essen, Louise ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL STRESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84860451614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036218     Document Type: Article

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