Controlling anxiety in physicians and nurses working in intensive care units using emotional intelligence items as an anxiety management tool in Iran

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 5-10

  Nooryan, Kheirollah ^a   Gasparyan, K ^b   Sharif, F ^c   Zoladl, M ^a  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotional intelligence; Intensive care units; Nurses and physicians; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BERGER SITUATIONAL ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAN; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITUATIONAL ANXIETY; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROL STRATEGY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84857067008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S25850     Document Type: Article

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