Anxiety, depression and defense mechanisms associated with treatment decisional preferences and quality of life in non-metastatic breast cancer: A 1-year prospective study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2470-2477

  Hyphantis, Thomas ^a   Almyroudi, Augoustina ^a   Paika, Vassiliki ^a   Degner, Lesley F ^b   Carvalho, André F ^c   Pavlidis, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

anxiety; breast cancer; cancer; decisional preferences; defense mechanisms; depression; oncology; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON METASTATIC BREAST CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; DECISIONAL PREFERENCES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886379210     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3308     Document Type: Article

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