Critical care nurses' assessment of patients' anxiety: Reliance on physiological and behavioral parameters

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-64

  Frazier, Susan K ^a   Moser, Debra K ^a   Riegel, Barbara ^b   McKinley, Sharon ^c   Blakely, Wendy ^d   Kim, Kyungeh An ^e   Garvin, Bonnie J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036357394     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2002.11.1.57     Document Type: Article

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