A longitudinal study of distress (depression and anxiety) up to 18 months after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1843-1848

  Neilson, Kate ^a   Pollard, Annabel ^a   Boonzaier, Ann ^a   Corry, June ^a,b   Castle, David ^c,d   Smith, David ^e   Trauer, Tom ^b,c,d   Couper, Jeremy ^a,c,d  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; head and neck cancer; oncology; physical symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84880701249     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3228     Document Type: Article

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