Preoperative anxiety in surgical patients - Experience of a single unit

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-6

  Matthias, Anne Thushara ^a   Samarasekera, Dharmanbandhu Nandadeva ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

anxiety; preoperative care; The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMSTERDAM PREOPERATIVE ANXIETY AND INFORMATION SCALE; ANESTHESIST; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMEDICATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84859791215     PISSN: 18754597     EISSN: 1875452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aat.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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