Use and perceived benefits of complementary therapies by cancer patients receiving conventional treatment in Italy

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-34

  Bonacchi, Andrea ^a,b   Fazzi, Lorenzo ^b   Toccafondi, Alessandro ^b   Cantore, Maurizio ^c   Mambrini, Andrea ^c   Muraca, Maria Grazia ^a   Banchelli, Grazia ^a   Panella, Mauro ^d   Focardi, Francesca ^e   Calosi, Roberto ^e   Di Costanzo, Francesco ^f   Rosselli, Massimo ^g   Miccinesi, Guido ^a  

^a Clinical and Descriptive Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerca Synthesis   (Italy)

^c AUSL 1 Massa Carrara and Istituto Toscano Tumori   (Italy)

^d Oncologia Medica AUSL 4 di Prato   (Italy)

^e Oncologia Medica Aziendale AUSL 10   (Italy)

^f CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; complementary therapy; oncology; psychological distress; sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERB; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891835230     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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