A randomized controlled trial of a support group intervention on the quality of life and fatigue in women after primary treatment for early breast cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3325-3334

  Björneklett, Helena Granstam ^a,c   Lindemalm, Christina ^b   Ojutkangas, Marja Leena ^c   Berglund, Anders ^d   Letocha, Henry ^a   Strang, Peter ^d   Bergkvist, Leif ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; EORTC QLQ C30 and BR23; Fatigue; Health related quality of life; Support intervention; The Norwegian version of the fatigue scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EARLY CANCER; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QLQ-BR23; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QLQ-C30; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SUPPORT GROUP; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION THERAPY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868466146     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1480-1     Document Type: Article

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