Effects of a psychoeducational versus a support group intervention in patients with early-stage breast cancer: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 198-207

  Bredal, Inger Schou ^a,b   Kåresen, Rolf ^a,b   Smeby, Nina Aarhus ^b   Espe, Randi ^c   Sørensen, Elin Myklebust ^a   Amundsen, Mette ^d   Aas, Hans ^d   Ekeberg, Øivind ^b,c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; Intervention; Mental adjustment; Oncology; Psychoeducation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OPTIMISM; PATIENT COUNSELING; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUPPORT GROUP; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899632497     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31829879a3     Document Type: Article

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