Objective. To compare psychosocial outcomes in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients receiving the Nucare program with a group of matched control subjects who received no intervention. / Methods. A prospective, non-randomized study design was used. Subjects were H&N cancer patients. The Nucare program, a psycho-educational coping strategies intervention, was the test intervention. Control subjects were matched to test subjects by disease stage and time since cancer therapy. Outcomes were quality of life (QL) and depressive symptoms (DS) evaluated at baseline and 3-4 months later. / Results. 138 subjects were recruited and outcome data was available on 101. At outcome evaluation, compared to their baseline scores, the test group had improved physical and social functioning, global QL, fatigue, sleep disturbance and DS, while the control group showed no changes in QL or DS. / Conclusion. The results suggest the Nucare may improve QL and reduce DS in H&N cancer patients.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.81449 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Vilela, Larissa Durão Duarte |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Faculty of Dentistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002166717, proquestno: AAIMR06465, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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