Preoperative uncertainty and anxiety among Chinese patients with gynecologic cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ismail, Zarina ^a   So, Winnie Kwok Wei ^b   Polly, Wai Chi Li ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77949313793     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/10.ONF.E67-E74     Document Type: Article

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