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Changes in Well-Being of Women Cancer Survivors Following a Survivor Weekend Experience

Dana N. Rutledge
Nancy J. Raymon
ONF 2001, 85-91 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To determine the long-term effects on quality of life (QOL) of women cancer survivors following a retreat experience. Design: One-group repeated measures. Setting: Southern California. Sample: Participants in two 1998 Healing Odyssey Retreats (N = 41; response rate 67%). Most...
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The Relationships Between Family Primary Caregiver Characteristics and Satisfaction With Hospice Care, Quality of Life, and Burden

Judy L. Meyers
Louis N. Gray
ONF 2001, 73-82 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To examine relationships between family primary caregiver characteristics and satisfaction with hospice care, quality of life (QOL), and burden. Design: Exploratory, quantitative. Setting: Five hospice organizations in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. Sample: 44 primary...
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Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment: Retrospective Analyses of a Multidimensional, Psychoeducation-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation Intervention

Arash Asher
Kathleen Van Dyk
Mi-Yeoung Jo
Charlotte Bailey
Jamie S. Myers
CJON 2019, 23(3), 301-308 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.301-308
Background: Managing cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is a vital component of optimal cancer survivorship care. Results from several small studies indicate growing support for the use of cognitive rehabilitation and training strategies. Objectives: This study aimed to retrospectively...
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Stigma and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

Lee Ann Johnson
Ann M. Schreier
Melvin Swanson
Janet P. Moye
Sheila Ridner
ONF 2019, 46(3), 318-328 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.318-328
Objectives: To identify groups of participants with high and low levels of stigma and to examine the influence of stigma on social support, social constraints, symptom severity, symptom interference, and quality of life (QOL). Sample & Setting: 62 individuals with lung cancer were identified...
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Childhood Cancer Symptom Cluster: Leukemia and Health-Related Quality of Life

Cheryl C. Rodgers
Mary C. Hooke
Olga A. Taylor
Kari M. Koerner
Pauline A. Mitby
Ida M. Moore
Michael E. Scheurer
Marilyn J. Hockenberry
Wei Pan
ONF 2019, 46(2), 228-237 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.228-237
Objectives: To examine the relationship of the Childhood Cancer Symptom Cluster–Leukemia (CCSC-L) with health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Sample & Setting: 327 children receiving treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia from four pediatric oncology programs across the United States...
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