Assessment of anxiety and depression after lower limb amputation in Jordanian patients

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 627-633

  Hawamdeh, Ziad M ^a   Othman, Yasmin S ^a   Ibrahim, Alaa I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amputees; Anxiety; Depression; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 47849104461     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s2541     Document Type: Article

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