Changes in and predictors of severity of fatigue in women with breast cancer: A longitudinal study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 582-592

  Huang, Hsiang Ping ^a,b   Chen, Mei Ling ^c   Liang, Jersey ^d   Miaskowski, Christine ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c University College of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Depression; Fatigue; Hierarchical linear modeling; Symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84897614718     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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