Assessing the body image: Relevance, application and instruments for oncological settings

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 901-907

  Annunziata, Maria Antonietta ^a   Giovannini, Lorena ^a   Muzzatti, Barbara ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body image; Cancer; Psychometrics; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE AFTER BREAST CANCER QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY IMAGE AND RELATIONSHIP SCALE; BODY IMAGE INDEX; BODY IMAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTENT VALIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ADJUSTMENT AND BODY IMAGE SCALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84863496785     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1339-x     Document Type: Review

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