Health-related quality of life in family members of patients with an advanced cancer diagnosis: A one-year prospective study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sjolander, Catarina ^a,b   Rolander, Bo ^b   Järhult, Johannes ^b   Mårtensson, Jan ^a   Ahlstrom, Gerd ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Family member; Health related quality of life; Mental health dimension; Physical health dimension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36; SIBLING; SPOUSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FAMILY HEALTH; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84864361851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-89     Document Type: Article

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