Associations between social support, prevalent symptoms and health-related quality of life in Chinese women undergoing treatment for breast cancer: A cross-sectional study using structural equation modelling

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 442-448

  So, Winnie K W ^a   Leung, Doris Y P ^a   Ho, Simone S M ^a   Lai, Eve T L ^b   Sit, Janet W H ^a   Chan, Carmen W H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Quality of life; Social support; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84879264618     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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