Factors associated with depressive symptoms in cancer family caregivers of patients receiving chemotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2387-2394

  Williams, Anna Leila ^a   Tisch, Alison J Holmes ^b   Dixon, Jane ^b   McCorkle, Ruth ^b  

^a Quinnipiac University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer family caregivers; Chemotherapy; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FAMILY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CAREGIVERS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881261617     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1802-y     Document Type: Article

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