Contribution of Benson's Relaxation Technique and Brief Psycho-Educational Intervention on Quality of Life of Primary Caregivers of Iranian Children with Chronic Diseases

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue , 2017, Pages 65-71

  Mowla, Forough ^a   Khanjari, Sedigheh ^b   Inanlou, Mehrnoush ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benson's Relaxation Technique; Children; Chronic diseases; Primary caregivers; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PARENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAXATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85024872531     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.02.037     Document Type: Article

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