| Literature DB >> 8036272 |
R McCorkle1, C Jepson, D Malone, E Lusk, L Braitman, K Buhler-Wilkerson, J Daly.
Abstract
Symptom distress, mental health status, enforced social dependency and health perceptions were measured in two groups of cancer patients, one receiving home care services (n = 49) and the other receiving no such services (n = 11). Data were obtained at hospital discharge and 3 months later. Patients receiving home care demonstrated statistically significant improvement on mental health and social dependency; patients not receiving home care did not improve on any variable. After controlling for baseline scores, the home care group had significantly higher mental health status at the second interview than the no home care group.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8036272 DOI: 10.1002/nur.4770170403
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Nurs Health ISSN: 0160-6891 Impact factor: 2.228