Association between body image dissatisfaction and weight loss among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers: A preliminary report

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1039-1049

  Rhondali, Wadih ^a,d   Chisholm, Gary B ^b   Daneshmand, Maryam ^a   Allo, Julio ^a   Kang, Duck Hee ^c   Filbet, Marilene ^d   Hui, David ^a   Fingeret, Michelle Cororve ^b   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; body image; cachexia; palliative care; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY IMAGE SCALE; BODY MASS; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SYSTEM; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE HEAD AND NECK CANCER MODULE 35; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRECANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SLEEP DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLBEING;

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CACHEXIA; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 84878833583     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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