Illness perceptions within 6 months of cancer diagnosis are an independent prospective predictor of health‐related quality of life 15 months post‐diagnosis

ConclusionsFuture research should focus on realising the potential of illness perceptions as a modifiable target for and mediating mechanism of interventions to improve patients' HRQoL. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Psycho-Oncology - May 6, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Laura Ashley, Joachim Marti, Helen Jones, Galina Velikova, Penny Wright Tags: Paper Source Type: research