Effects of social support on physical activity, self-efficacy, and quality of life in adult cancer survivors and their caregivers

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 481-489

  Barber, Fedricker Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84893052600     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.481-489     Document Type: Article

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