Health literacy and fear of cancer progression in elderly women newly diagnosed with breast cancer—A longitudinal analysis
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- 作者：Sarah Maria Halbacha ; sarah.halbach@uk-koeln.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Anna Endersa ; Christoph Kowalskib ; Timo-Kolja Pfö ; rtnera ; Holger Pfaffa ; Simone Wesselmannb ; Nicole Ernstmanna
- 关键词：Health literacy ; Fear of cancer progression ; Breast cancer ; Elderly ; Anxiety ; Psycho-oncology ; Geriatric oncology
- 刊名：Patient Education and Counseling
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：99
- 期：5
- 页码：855-862
- 全文大小：525 K
文摘
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About half of the breast cancer patients show limited health literacy.
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Fear of cancer progression decreases over the course of breast cancer treatment.
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Health literacy is negatively associated with fear of cancer progression.