Effectiveness of a relaxation intervention (progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery techniques) to reduce anxiety and improve mood of parents of hospitalized children with malignancies: A randomized controlled trial in Republic of Cyprus and Greece

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages 9-18

  Tsitsi, Theologia ^a   Charalambous, Andreas ^a   Papastavrou, Evridiki ^a   Raftopoulos, Vasilios ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GREECE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEOPLASM; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; RELAXATION THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84996527576     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2016.10.007     Document Type: Article

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