Factors associated with psychological distress following colposcopy among women with low-grade abnormal cervical cytology: A prospective study within the Trial of Management of Borderline and Other Low-grade Abnormal smears (TOMBOLA)

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 368-380

  Sharp, Linda ^a   Cotton, Seonaidh ^b   Carsin, Anne Elie ^a,c   Gray, Nicola ^b   Thornton, Alison ^b   Cruickshank, Margaret ^b   Little, Julian ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; cervical screening; colposcopy; distress; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LOOP EXCISION; LOW GRADE ABNORMAL CERVICAL CYTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PARAMETERS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUNCH BIOPSY; TRANSFORMATION ZONE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; DEPRESSION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873406229     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2097     Document Type: Article

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