Children's drawings as a measure of anxiety level: A clinical pilot study

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 190-193

  Puura, Arto ^a,e   Puura, Kaija ^b   Rorarius, Michael ^b   Annila, Päivi ^c   Viitanen, Hanna ^d   Baer, Gerhard ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Tampere City Hospital   (Finland)

^d SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Drawing; Premedication

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION;

EID: 14944354511     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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