Prospective study of the influence of psychological and medical factors on quality of life and severity of symptoms among patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 364-370

  Rana, M ^a,c   Kanatas, A ^b   Herzberg, P Y ^a   Khoschdell, M ^c   Kokemueller, H ^c   Gellrich, N C ^c  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping behaviour; Oral cancer; Quality of life; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER STAGING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FREIBURG QUESTIONNAIRE ON COPING WITH ILLNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ORAL SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933277295     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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