Effect of the Informed Consent Process on Anxiety and Comprehension of Patients Undergoing Esophageal and Gastrointestinal Surgery

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 922-927

  Betti, Simonetta ^a   Sironi, Andrea ^a   Saino, Greta ^a   Ricci, Cristian ^a   Bonavina, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Comprehension; Esophageal surgery; Gastrointestinal surgery; Informed consent; Minimally invasive surgery; State trait anxiety inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; COMPREHENSION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CARCINOMA; COMPREHENSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 79955862614     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-011-1517-7     Document Type: Article

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