A Randomized Controlled Trial for the Effectiveness of Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Guided Imagery as Anxiety Reducing Interventions in Breast and Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Charalambous, Andreas ^a   Giannakopoulou, Margarita ^b   Bozas, Evangelos ^b   Paikousis, Lefkios ^c  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Improvast Analytical Services Company   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLEASON SCORE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF-RATING ANXIETY SCALE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84939489832     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/270876     Document Type: Article

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