The relationship between mindfulness, pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, depression, and quality of life among cancer survivors living with chronic neuropathic pain

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4167-4175

  Poulin, Patricia A ^a,b,c   Romanow, Heather C ^b   Rahbari, Noriyeh ^b   Small, Rebecca ^b,d   Smyth, Catherine E ^a,b,c   Hatchard, Taylor ^b,c   Solomon, Brahm K ^c   Song, Xinni ^c   Harris, Cheryl A ^a,b,c   Kowal, John ^a,b,c   Nathan, Howard J ^a,b,c   Wilson, Keith G ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronic neuropathic pain; Depression; Disability; Mindfulness; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CATASTROPHIZING; CHRONIC NEUROPATHIC PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FIVE FACETS MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN INTERFERENCE; PAIN PARAMETERS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; NEOPLASMS; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84969848924     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3243-x     Document Type: Article

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