Life satisfaction and active coping style are important predictors of recovery from surgery

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-377

  Kopp, Martin ^a   Bonatti, Hugo ^a   Haller, Christina ^a   Rumpold, Gerhard ^a   Söllner, Wolfgang ^a   Holzner, Bernhard ^a   Schweigkofler, Hansjörg ^a   Aigner, Franz ^a   Hinterhuber, Hartmann ^a   Günther, Verena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping; Personality; Surgery; Surgical recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGERY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542779647     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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