Do patient information booklets increase perioperative anxiety?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 620-622

  Gillies, M A M ^a,c   Baldwin, F J ^b  

^a Greenwich District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Behaviour and Behavioural Mechanisms, Emotions, anxiety; Health Education, patient education; Surgical Procedures, Operative, ambulatory surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0035740792     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.2001.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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