Interventions for reducing anxiety in women undergoing colposcopy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Galaal, Khadra A ^a   Deane, K ^b   Sangal, S ^b   Lopes, A D ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety *prevention control ; Colposcopy adverse effects; *psychology ; Female; Humans; Pain etiology ; Patient education as topic; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Uterine cervical neoplasms diagnosis; psychology

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLPOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 44949130859     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006013.pub2     Document Type: Review

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