Long-term effect of a nurse-led psychosocial intervention on health-related quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 593-601

  Van Der Meulen, I C ^a   May, A M ^a   De Leeuw, J R J ^a   Koole, R ^a   Oosterom, M ^a   Hordijk, G J ^a   Ros, W J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; head and neck cancer; health related quality of life; intervention; nurse; psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH OPENING; NURSE; NURSE COUNSELLING AND AFTER INTERVENTION; NURSING INTERVENTION; ODYNOPHAGIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84893739540     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.733     Document Type: Article

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