Comparing health-related quality of life of cancer patients under chemotherapy and of their caregivers

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vrettos, Ioannis ^a   Kamposioras, Konstantinos ^a   Kontodimopoulos, Nick ^b   Pappa, Evelina ^b   Georgiadou, Elissavet ^c   Haritos, Dionysios ^a   Papadopoulos, Angelos A ^a,b   Niakas, Dimitris ^b  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EQ 5D SCORING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84861029046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/135283     Document Type: Article

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