Changes in Female Support Network Systems and Adaptation After Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Differences Between Older and Younger Patients
Author(s) -
Sato Ashida,
Aunchalee E. L. Palmquist,
K. Basen-Engquist,
S. Eva Singletary,
Laura M. Koehly
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnp048
Subject(s) - social support , breast cancer , social network (sociolinguistics) , mood , distress , medicine , odds , odds ratio , cancer , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , logistic regression , social media , political science , law , psychotherapist
This study evaluates the changes in social networks of older and younger breast cancer patients over a 6-month period following their first diagnosis and how such modifications are associated with changes in the patients' mood state.
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