title: Social support and symptom distress in adolescents/young adults with cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this secondary analysis was to describe the relationships of friend, family, and health care provider social support to pain, fatigue, depressed mood, and insomnia in adolescents and young adults with cancer using the Adolescent Resilience Model. Specific aims of the study were to describe the relationships of 3 separate sources of perceived support-friends, family, and health care providers to the symptom-related distress of pain, fatigue, depressed mood, and insomnia.
authors.affiliation: Center for Children's Cancer & Blood Diseases, Riley Hospital North, 11700 N. Meridian Street, Carmel, IN 46032, USA. acorey@clariannorth.com
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Corey
authors.forename: Joan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: Faouzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azzouz
authors.forename: Patrick O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Monahan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression; D005190:Family; D005221:Fatigue; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D010146:Pain; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; D012944:Social Support