Could precolposcopy information and counseling reduce women's anxiety and improve knowledge and compliance to follow-up?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 341-346

  Chan, Y M ^a,b   Lee, P W H ^a   Ng, T Y ^a   Ngan, H Y S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Colposcopy; Counselling; Follow up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COLPOSCOPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 7444246132     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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