Psychological distress and quality of life of palliative cancer patients and their caring relatives during home care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2775-2782

  Götze, Heide ^a   Brähler, Elmar ^a,c   Gansera, Lutz ^b   Polze, Nina ^b   Köhler, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Family caregiver; Home care; Palliative patient; Psychological distress; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSLO SOCIAL SUPPORT SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 8; SOCIAL SUPPORT ASSESSMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84930514960     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2257-5     Document Type: Article

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