Ways of coping with stress and perceived social support in gynecologic cancer patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages E57-E62

  Yilmaz, Sema Dereli ^a   Bal, Meltem Demirgöz ^b   Beji, Nezihe Kizilkaya ^c   Arvas, Macit ^d  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Karamanolu Mehmetbey University   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coping; Gynecologic cancer; Social support; Stress; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 84924284644     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000186     Document Type: Article

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