The associations between diurnal cortisol patterns, self-perceived social support, and sleep behavior in Chinese breast cancer patients

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2337-2342

  Ho, Rainbow T H ^a,b   Fong, Ted C T ^a   Chan, Caitlin K P ^b   Chan, Cecilia L W ^b  

^a Pauline Chan Building   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chinese cancer patients; Diurnal cortisol pattern; Sleep behavior; Social support

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CHINESE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WAKEFULNESS; YALE SOCIAL SUPPORT SCALE;

BREAST CANCER; CHINESE CANCER PATIENTS; DIURNAL CORTISOL PATTERN; SLEEP BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84883885703     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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