Optimism, social support, and mental health outcomes in patients with advanced cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-306

  Applebaum, Allison J ^a   Stein, Emma M ^b   Lord Bessen, Jennifer ^a,c   Pessin, Hayley ^a   Rosenfeld, Barry ^c   Breitbart, William ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; optimism; psychological distress; quality of life; social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPTIMISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADVANCED CANCER; OPTIMISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84895430917     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3418     Document Type: Article

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