Perceived needs, psychological distress and quality of life of elderly cancer patients

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 704-710

  Akechi, Tatsuo ^a,b   Okuyama, Toru ^a,b   Uchida, Megumi ^a,b   Nakaguchi, Tomohiro ^a,b   Ito, Yoshinori ^a,b   Yamashita, Hiroko ^a   Toyama, Tatsuya ^a   Komatsu, Hirokazu ^a   Kizawa, Yoshiyuki ^c   Wada, Makoto ^d  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly need; Oncology; Psychological distress; Quality of life; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASM; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865066650     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys075     Document Type: Article

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