European Journal of Oncology Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , February 2012

Trajectories of anxiety in oncology patients and family caregivers during and after radiation therapy

  • Laura B. Dunn

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Bradley E. Aouizerat

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Bruce A. Cooper

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Marylin Dodd

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Kathryn Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Claudia West

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Steven M. Paul

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • William Wara

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick Swift

      Affiliations

    • Alta Bates Comprehensive Cancer Center, Berkeley, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Christine Miaskowski

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Physiological Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, 2 Koret Way, Box 0610, San Francisco, CA 94143-0610, USA. Tel.: +1 415 476 9407; fax: +1 415 476 8899.

  • Image Result

    STAI-S trajectories for observed (actual) scores and estimated (predicted) scores for participants in each of the latent classes, as well as the mean STAI-S scores for the total sample.

    STAI-S trajectories for observed (actual) scores and estimated (predicted) scores for participants in each of the latent classes, as well as the mean STAI-S scores for the total sample.

  • Image Result

    Changes over time in Center for Epidemiologic Studies -Depression total scores for participants in each of the three latent anxiety classes. Post-hoc contrasts for intercept 1 < 2 < 3a; and slopes 1a

    Changes over time in Center for Epidemiologic Studies -Depression total scores for participants in each of the three latent anxiety classes. Post-hoc contrasts for intercept 1 < 2 < 3a; and slopes 1a and 2b ≠ 3. (ap < 0.0001, bp = 0.011).

PII: S1462-3889(11)00007-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2011.01.003

European Journal of Oncology Nursing
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , February 2012

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