Recruitment and retention of older adolescent and young adult female survivors of childhood cancer in longitudinal research

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 483-490

  Cantrell, Mary Ann ^a   Conte, Teresa ^b   Hudson, Melissa ^c   Shad, Aziza ^d   Ruble, Kathy ^e   Herth, Kaye ^f   Canino, Alyssa ^g   Kemmy, Sinead ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865957598     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.483-490     Document Type: Article

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