Impact of chemotherapy-induced alopecia distress on body image, psychosocial well-being, and depression in breast cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1103-1110

  Choi, Eun Kyung ^a   Kim, Im Ryung ^a   Chang, Oliver ^b   Kang, Danbee ^c   Nam, Seok Jin ^a   Lee, Jeong Eon ^a   Lee, Se Kyung ^a   Im, Young Hyuck ^a   Park, Yeon Hee ^a   Yang, Jung Hyun ^d   Cho, Juhee ^a,c,e  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ALOPECIA DISTRESS; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ALOPECIA DISTRESS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIVORCED PERSON; EMOTION; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUEST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED PERSON; MASTECTOMY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SEPARATED PERSON; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING; WIDOWED PERSON; ADAPTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ETIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH KOREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907941348     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3531     Document Type: Article

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