The PRCI study: Design of a randomized clinical trial to evaluate a coping intervention for medical waiting periods used by women undergoing a fertility treatment

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ockhuijsen, Henrietta D L ^a   van den Hoogen, Agnes ^b   Macklon, Nickolas S ^c   Boivin, Jacky ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping intervention; Fertility; Medical waiting period; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SELF MONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883815176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-13-35     Document Type: Article

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