Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts in Anxious or Depressed Family Caregivers of Patients with Cancer: A Nationwide Survey in Korea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Park, Boyoung ^a   Kim, So Young ^a   Shin, Ji Yeon ^a   Sanson Fisher, Robert W ^b   Shin, Dong Wook ^c   Cho, Juhee ^d   Park, Jong Hyock ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84875646961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060230     Document Type: Article

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