Mildly dyskaryotic smear results: Does it matter what women know?

Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 537-542

  Somerset, Maggie ^a   Baxter, Kate ^a   Wilkinson, Clare ^b   Peters, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Educational intervention; Knowledge; Mild dyskaryosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKARYOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN;

EID: 0032448084     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/15.6.537     Document Type: Article

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