TY - JOUR
T1 - Adjustment to illness and dropout of chemotherapy
AU - Gilbar, Ora
AU - De-Nour, Atara Kaplan
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - The study compares the adjustment to illness of a group of 53 cancer patients who dropped out of chemotherapy with a matched group of 53 cancer patients who completed their treatment. The patients were treated in five oncological institutes in Israel. We found differences both in the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS) and Brief Symptom Inventory Scale (BSI). In both scales we found significant differences indicating that the degree of adjustment and the psychosocial distress of patients who dropped out of treatment was worse than that of patients who completed treatment.
AB - The study compares the adjustment to illness of a group of 53 cancer patients who dropped out of chemotherapy with a matched group of 53 cancer patients who completed their treatment. The patients were treated in five oncological institutes in Israel. We found differences both in the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS) and Brief Symptom Inventory Scale (BSI). In both scales we found significant differences indicating that the degree of adjustment and the psychosocial distress of patients who dropped out of treatment was worse than that of patients who completed treatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-3999(89)90100-1
DO - 10.1016/0022-3999(89)90100-1
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C2 - 2926697
AN - SCOPUS:0024578249
SN - 0022-3999
VL - 33
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
JF - Journal of Psychosomatic Research
IS - 1
ER -
