The effect of a biofeedback-based stress management tool on physician stress: A randomized controlled clinical trial

Open Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 154-165

  Lemaire, Jane B ^a   Wallace, Jean E ^a   Lewin, Adriane M ^a   de Grood, Jill ^a   Schaefer, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80055039648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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