Awareness of cancer, satisfaction with care, emotional distress, and adjustment to illness: An Italian multicenter study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1088-1096

  Costantini, Anna ^a   Grassi, Luigi ^b,c   Picardi, Angelo ^d   Brunetti, Serena ^a   Caruso, Rosangela ^b,c   Nanni, Maria Giulia ^b,c   Bonetti, Luisa ^e   De Feudis, Rossana ^f   Barni, Sandro ^e   Marchetti, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c University Hospital and Health Authorities   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Ospedale San Paolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

awareness; cancer; distress; oncology; quality of life; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); ITALY; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941175776     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3768     Document Type: Article

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