Use of a numeric visual analog anxiety scale among patients undergoing colorectal surgery

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-244

  Elkins, Gary ^a,c   Staniunas, Ray ^b,c   Rajab, M Hasan ^b,c   Marcus, Joel ^b,c   Snyder, Todd ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Colorectal surgery; Pain; Visual Analog Scale

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; NUMERIC VISUAL ANALOG ANXIETY SCALE; NURSING; PAIN; RATING SCALE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3242664145     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773803262222     Document Type: Article

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