Factors related to fear in patients undergoing cataract surgery: A qualitative study focusing on factors associated with fear and reassurance among patients who need to undergo cataract surgery

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-272

  Nijkamp, Marjan D ^a,b   Ruiter, Robert A C ^b   Roeling, Marijke ^b   van den Borne, Bart ^b   Hiddema, Frans ^c   Hendrikse, Fred ^a   Nuijts, Rudy M M A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction; Fear; Focus groups; Patient education; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENILE CATARACT; SENSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0036086474     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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