Long-term psychosocial impact of alternative management policies in women with low-grade abnormal cervical cytology referred for colposcopy: A randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-264

  Sharp, L ^a   Cotton, S ^b   Gray, N ^b   Avis, M ^c   Russell, I ^d   Walker, L ^e   Waugh, N ^b   Whynes, D ^c   Woolley, C ^c   Thornton, A ^b   Smart, L ^b   Cruickshank, M ^b   Little, J ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; colposcopy; depression; distress; LLETZ; punch biopsies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; DEPRESSION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LARGE LOOP EXCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA;

EID: 78751539723     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606042     Document Type: Article

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