Quality of Life, Psychological Burden, and Sleep Quality in Patients With Brain Metastasis Undergoing Whole Brain Radiation Therapy.

@article{Teke2016QualityOL,
  title={Quality of Life, Psychological Burden, and Sleep Quality in Patients With Brain Metastasis Undergoing Whole Brain Radiation Therapy.},
  author={Fatma Teke and Pakize Gamze Erten Bucaktepe and Erkan Kıbrıslı and Melike Demir and Aslıhan Okan Ibiloğlu and Ali Inal},
  journal={Clinical journal of oncology nursing},
  year={2016},
  volume={20 5},
  pages={
          AE-2
        }
}
BACKGROUND Patients with brain metastasis (BM) usually suffer from poor quality of life (QOL), anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders in their reduced lifespan. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate QOL, anxiety, depression, and sleep characteristics in patients with BM at the beginning and end of whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) and three months after treatment. METHODS Thirty-three patients undergoing WBRT for BM were featured in this study. The authors used the Karnofsky… 
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