Psychosocial resources in long-term breast, colorectal and prostate cancer survivors: Prevalence and associations with health-related quality of life
Doege, D.; Koch-Gallenkamp, L.; Waldmann, A.; Brenner, H.; Arndt, V. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Purpose: Due to treatment improvements, the number of cancer survivors has increased. Many of them have to adjust to possible adverse long-term consequences of the illness or its treatment. Psychosocial resources can play an important role in this adjustment process but research on this topic is limited. The objectives of the study are to explore, (1) which resources are most frequently indicated by different subgroups of cancer survivors, (2) what their particular role for functioning and health related quality of life (HRQL) is, and (3) to what extent the overall number of resources can explain HRQL variance i…