The 'Draw-the-Family Test' in the preoperative assessment of patients with anorectal diseases and psychological distress: A prospective controlled study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 792-798

  Miliacca, C ^a   Gagliardi, G ^a   Pescatori, M ^a  

^a Ars Medica Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorectal diseases; Chronic constipation; Draw the Family Test; Psychological disorders; Rectocele

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRAW THE FAMILY TEST; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILONIDAL SINUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RECTAL DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954776625     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01985.x     Document Type: Article

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