Effects of a brief and economical intervention in preparing patients for surgery: Does coping style matter?

Pain

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 471-475

  Miró, Jordi ^a   Raich, Rosa M ^a  

^a Institut de Psicologia Aplicada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coping style; Preparation for surgery; Psychology; Surgical pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032755367     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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