Specificity of problem-solving skills training in mothers of children newly diagnosed with cancer: Results of a multisite randomized clinical trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1329-1335

  Sahler, Olle Jane Z ^a   Dolgin, Michael J ^b   Phipps, Sean ^c   Fairclough, Diane L ^d   Askins, Martha A ^e   Katz, Ernest R ^f   Noll, Robert B ^g   Butler, Robert W ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILL TRAINING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLID TUMOR; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876074796     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.39.1870     Document Type: Article

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