Fatigue, quality of life, and mood states during chemotherapy in Italian cancer patients

Tumori

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Annunziata, Maria Antonietta ^a   Muzzatti, Barbara ^a   Mella, Sara ^a   Bidoli, Ettore ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fatigue; Mood states; Quality of life; Self report measures

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANXIETY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878147965     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161309900129     Document Type: Article

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