Efficacy of a brief nurse-led pilot psychosocial intervention for newly diagnosed Asian cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2203-2206

  Mahendran, Rathi ^a,b,c   Lim, Haikel A ^a   Tan, Joyce Y S ^a   Chua, Joanne ^b   Lim, Siew Eng ^d   Ang, Emily N K ^d,e   Kua, Ee Heok ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Emotional distress; Intervention; Nursing; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREATHING; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NURSE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFICACY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF TALK; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRESS MANAGEMENT; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; NEOPLASM; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGAPORE;

ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84933181882     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2771-0     Document Type: Article

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