Effect of Pre-treatment Education Programs on the Anxiety of Patients Receiving Radiotherapy: An Integrative Literature Review

Background: Stress and anxiety in cancer patients are caused by disease diagnosis, unfamiliar experiences, and therapy-related problems. In addition to the short duration of radiotherapy, receiving and understanding of the information about this treatment could be difficult for patients due to anxie...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Heshmati Nabavi, Atefe Behboudifar, Zohre Pouresmail, Mohammad Naser Shafiee
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Evidence-Based Care
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Online Access:http://ebcj.mums.ac.ir/article_6735_6976204f93d5792742b497dd9c84dc5a.pdf