05Apr 2019

VITAL ROLE OF ZONE THERAPY ON DEPRESSION AMONG CANCER PATIENTS.

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Cancer is seen to be the main cause for death in both developed and developing countries. A cancer diagnosis generates a higher sense of distress may lead to anxiety, depression or both. Depression is a common co- morbidity among cancer cases. Moreover, there are only limited proportion of studies related to Zone Therapy on depression among cancer patients have been done. Hence, researcher has an interest in application of Zone Therapy among cancer patients to reduce depression level. Thereby maintaining good balance in emotional factors and promoting better outcome in health condition.

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[Dhivya.R, Prabhavathy.S and Renuka.K. (2019); VITAL ROLE OF ZONE THERAPY ON DEPRESSION AMONG CANCER PATIENTS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (Apr). 623-625] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Prabhavathy.S
Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8861      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8861

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