Nurse-led follow-up care for head and neck cancer patients: A quasi-experimental prospective trial

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 537-547

  De Leeuw, Jacqueline ^a   Prins, Judith B ^a   Teerenstra, Steven ^a   Merkx, Matthias A W ^a   Marres, Henri A M ^a   Van Achterberg, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nurse led care; Oncology; Prospective study; Psychosocial adjustment; Quality of life; Quasi experimental

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING CONSULTATION; ONCOLOGY NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT TO ILLNESS SCALE SELF REPORT SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL EATING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874108219     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1553-1     Document Type: Article

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