Clinical stress assessment using a visual analogue scale

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 600-605

  Lesage, F X ^a   Berjot, S ^a   Deschamps, F ^b  

^a Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Occupational mental health; Stress; Validation; Well being; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84869384239     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs140     Document Type: Article

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