Effects of meditation on anxiety, depression, fatigue, and quality of life of women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 379-387

  Kim, Yeon Hee ^a   Kim, Hwa Jung ^a   Ahn, Seung Do ^a   Seo, Yun Jeong ^b   Kim, So Hee ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Dahnworld Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Fatigue; Meditation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE CORE 30; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITATION; OPEN STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVISED PIPER FATIGUE SCALE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84880588666     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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