A pilot randomized controlled trial testing a minimal intervention to prepare breast cancer survivors for recovery

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages E48-E56

  Sterba, Katherine Regan ^a   Armeson, Kent ^a   Franco, Regina ^b   Harper, Jennifer ^a   Patten, Rebecca ^a   Kindall, Stacey ^c   Bearden, James ^c   Zapka, Jane ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intervention; Quality of life; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPECTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MINIMAL CLINIC INTERVENTION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT WORRY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; THERAPY;

ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84924288483     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000152     Document Type: Article

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