Older cancer patients' anxiety, information preference, coping style and participation during consultation: effects on recall of information
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| Publication date | 2012 |
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| Book title | Psychology of cancer |
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| Series | Health psychology research focus |
| Pages (from-to) | 165-180 |
| Publisher | New York: Nova Science Publishers |
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| Abstract | Cancer is a disease that mainly targets older people. To inform this group of patients adequately, several age-specific factors must be taken into account. Besides cognitive and sensory deficits, information preferences, information coping style, anxiety and participation behavior during consultations could all influence the amount of information older patients are able to recall. This study sets out to investigate relationships between information preferences, coping styles and participation behavior of older cancer patients and their influence on recall of information. |
| Document type | Chapter |
| Language | English |
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