Stress, psychological distress, and coping in patients on the waiting list for lung transplantation: An exploratory study

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 954-959

  Vermeulen, Karin M ^a   Bosma, Otto H ^a   Van Der Bij, Wim ^a   Koëter, Gerard H ^a   TenVergert, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping; Depression; Lung transplantation; Stress; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS; TENSION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 25144455029     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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