Relation between personality and quality of postoperative recovery in day surgery patients

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 671-675

  Nilsson, Ulrica ^a   Berg, Katarina ^b   Unosson, Mitra ^b,c   Brudin, Lars ^d   Idvall, Ewa ^b,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Health Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Kalmar County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Day surgery; Personality; Quality of postoperative recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGREEABLENESS; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTELLECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL PATIENT; AGED; AGING; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 70249125863     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32832a9845     Document Type: Article

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