A randomized controlled trial of women's early use of a novel undergarment following sternotomy: The Women's Recovery from Sternotomy Trial (WREST)

American Heart Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1187-1193

  King, Kathryn M ^a   Tsuyuki, Ross ^b   Faris, Peter ^a   Currie, Gillian ^a   Maitland, Andrew ^a   Collins Nakai, Ruth L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STERNOTOMY; WOMEN RECOVERY FROM STERNOTOMY TRIAL;

AGED; BREAST; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STERNUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845217726     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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