Associations of prognostic awareness/acceptance with psychological distress, existential suffering, and quality of life in terminally ill cancer patients' last year of life

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 455-462

  Tang, Siew Tzuh ^a   Chang, Wen Cheng ^b   Chen, Jen Shi ^b   Chou, Wen Chi ^b   Hsieh, Chia Hsun ^b   Chen, Chen H ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c Kang Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUDDHIST; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENFORCED SOCIAL DEPENDENCY SCALE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF PERCEIVED BURDEN SCALE; SPIRITUAL CARE; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; TAIWANESE; TAOIST; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FOLLOW UP; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 84940068986     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3943     Document Type: Article

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