Evaluation of Illness Perception of Women with Breast Cancer in Turkey

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YILMAZ KARABULUTLU E., Avci İ., Karayurt O., Gursoy A., KÖŞGEROĞLU N., Tuna A., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BREAST HEALTH, vol.15, no.2, pp.98-104, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 15 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/ejbh.2019.4317
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BREAST HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.98-104
  • Keywords: Illness perceptions, breast cancer, women, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, EXPERIENCES, ISSUES
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the illness perceptions of women with breast cancer and possible relationships between these perceptions and descriptive characteristics such as sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in Turkey.