Developing a questionnaire to measure the psychosocial impact of an abnormal cervical smear result and its subsequent management: The TOMBOLA (Trial of Management of Borderline and Other Low-grade Abnormal smears) trial

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1553-1562

  Gray, N M ^a   Sharp, L ^e   Cotton, S C ^a   Avis, M ^b   Philips, Z ^b   Russell, I ^d   Walker, L G ^c   Whynes, D ^b   Little, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Mass screening; Psychological factors; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 20544452785     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-8146-5     Document Type: Article

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