Educational interventions for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Bennett, Sally ^a   Pigott, Amanda ^b   Beller, Elaine M ^c   Haines, Terry ^a   Meredith, Pamela ^a   Delaney, Christie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Lake Lonsdale   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER THERAPY; CINAHL; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIET; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMBASE; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEISURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPLICATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; REINFORCEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANXIETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85000742127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008144.pub2     Document Type: Review

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