The efficacy of Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for severely fatigued survivors of breast cancer compared with care as usual: A randomized controlled trial

Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 19, 2017, Pages 3825-3834

  Abrahams, Harriët J G ^a,b   Gielissen, Marieke F M ^c   Donders, Rogier R T ^b   Goedendorp, Martine M ^d   van der Wouw, Agnes J ^e   Verhagen, Constans A H H V M ^b   Knoop, Hans ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cognitive behavioral therapy; eHealth; fatigue; randomized controlled trial; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; BREAST TUMOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SURVIVOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85021400417     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30815     Document Type: Article

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