Coping, Distress, and Survival Among Patients With Lung Cancer
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 August 1999
Hermann Faller, H. Bülzebruck, P. Drings, Hermann Lang
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Both coping and emotional distress had a statistically independent effect on survival among patients with lung cancer, however, the naturalistic design of the study does not allow for any causal interpretation.
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Both coping and emotional distress had a statistically independent effect on survival among patients with lung cancer. However, the naturalistic design of the study does not allow for any causal interpretation. Thus, the nature of this relationship warrants further investigation.
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