Empowerment in adolescents and young adults with cancer: Relationship with health-related quality of life.
Suzanne E J KaalOlga HussonSaskia van DuivenbodenRosemarie JansenEveliene Manten-HorstPetra ServaesJudith B PrinsSanne W van den BergWinette T A van der GraafPublished in: Cancer (2017)
Low levels of empowerment were associated with low levels of autonomy and social support, female sex, and coping difficulties among AYA patients with cancer. Recognizing these patients as candidates for empowerment interventions ultimately could help to improve HRQOL in late adolescence and young adulthood. Cancer 2017;123:4039-47. © 2017 The Authors. Cancer published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Cancer Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.