Patients with needle phobia? Try stress-reducing medical devices

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 697-700

  Kettwich, Sharon C ^a   Sibbitt Jr , Wilmer L ^a   Kettwich, Lawrence G ^a   Palmer, Cristina J ^a   Draeger, Hilda T ^a   Bankhurst, Arthur D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NEEDLE PHOBIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; SYRINGE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PHOBIC DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYRINGES;

EID: 33750740397     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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