Do age and quality of life of patients with cancer influence quality of life of the caregiver?

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 331-336

  Shahi, Varun ^a   Lapid, Maria I ^b   Kung, Simon ^b   Atherton, Pamela J ^b   Sloan, Jeff A ^b   Clark, Matthew M ^b   Rummans, Teresa A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal caregiver; Intervention; Psychosocial; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX CANCER SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ANALOGUE SELF ASSESSMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; AFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 84905004524     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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