Dyadic effects of fear of recurrence on the quality of life of cancer survivors and their caregivers

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-525

  Kim, Youngmee ^a   Carver, Charles S ^a   Spillers, Rachel L ^b   Love Ghaffari, Melissa ^b   Kaw, Chiew Kwei ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cancer; Caregivers; Dyadic adjustment; Fear of recurrence; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84863633511     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9953-0     Document Type: Review

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