Caregivers of patients with cancer: Anxiety, depression and distribution of dependency

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-139

  Cipolletta, Sabrina ^a   Shams, Malihe ^b   Tonello, Fabio ^c   Pruneddu, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Braincare Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

anxiety; cancer; caregiver; dependency; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KELLY DEPENDENCY GRIDS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84872088211     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2081     Document Type: Article

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