Low preparedness before the loss of a wife to cancer and the widower's chronic pain 4-5 years later - A population-based study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2763-2770

  Ásgeirsdóttir, Hildur Guoný ^a   Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur ^a   Fürst, Carl Johan ^b,c   Steineck, Gunnar ^b,d   Hauksdóttir, Arna ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bereavement; cancer; oncology; pain; spousal loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHRONIC PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SPOUSAL LOSS; SPOUSE; SWEDEN; WIDOWER;

BEREAVEMENT; CANCER; ONCOLOGY; PAIN; SPOUSAL LOSS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SWEDEN; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84890115999     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3345     Document Type: Article

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