Pain and other symptoms and their relationship to quality of life in cancer patients on opioids

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1273-1280

  Zoëga, Sigridur ^a   Fridriksdottir, Nanna ^a,b   Sigurdardottir, Valgerdur ^a   Gunnarsdottir, Sigridur ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cancer; EORTC QLQ C30; Opioids; Pain; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84885182746     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0264-x     Document Type: Article

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