The effects of acupressure on preoperative anxiety reduction in school aged children

HealthMED

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2359-2361

  Borimnejad, Leili ^a   Arbabi, Negar ^a   Seydfatemi, Naima ^a   Inanloo, Mehrnoosh ^a   Haghanii, Hamid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Preoperative anxiety; School aged children

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BISPECTRAL INDEX; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EYEBROW; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84866239469     PISSN: 18402291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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