## Abstract ## Background Our aim was to determine exercise preferences among patients with head and neck cancer and their associations with quality of life, symptom severity, depression, and rural residence. ## Methods This study involved a cross‐sectional chart review and self‐administered sur
Associations between quality of life, coping styles, optimism, and anxiety and depression in pretreatment patients with head and neck cancer
✍ Scribed by Debbie J. Horney; Helen E. Smith; Mark McGurk; John Weinman; Jim Herold; Keith Altman; Carrie D. Llewellyn
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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