Posttraumatic stress disorder among spouses of patients discharged from the intensive care unit after six months

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-35

  Dithole, Kefalotse ^a   Thupayagale Tshweneagae, Gloria ^b   Mgutshini, Tennyson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHECKLIST; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BOTSWANA; CHECKLIST; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84872200645     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.715235     Document Type: Article

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