Psychological effects women experience before and after a colposcopic examination and primary care appointment

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-94

  Ferris, Daron G ^a   Gilman, Priscilla Ann ^a   Leyva Lopez, Ahidee G ^b   Litaker, Mark S ^a   Miller, Jill A ^a   Macfee, Michael S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Colposcopy; Depression; Patient satisfaction and acceptance; Psychological

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSED MOOD SCALE; COLPOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILLER BEHAVIOR STYLE SCORE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0037395327     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128360-200304000-00003     Document Type: Article

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