A randomized controlled trial of web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for severely fatigued breast cancer survivors (CHANGE-study): Study protocol

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abrahams, H J G ^a   Gielissen, M F M ^a   Goedendorp, M M ^b   Berends, T ^a   Peters, M E W J ^a   Poort, H ^a   Verhagen, C A H H V M ^a   Knoop, H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cognitive behavioral therapy; E health; Fatigue; Randomized controlled trial; Study protocol; Survivor; Web based CBT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; FATIGUE; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84945137820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1787-7     Document Type: Article

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