Do advanced cancer patients in Denmark receive the help they need? A nationally representative survey of the need related to 12 frequent symptoms/problems

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1724-1730

  Johnsen, Anna Thit ^a   Petersen, Morten Aagaard ^a   Pedersen, Lise ^a   Houmann, Lise Jul ^a   Groenvold, Mogens ^a,b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; needs assessment; palliative care; quality of health care; quality of life; questionnaire; supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM;

ADVANCED CANCER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPPORTIVE CARE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84880698483     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3204     Document Type: Article

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