Telephone intervention to improve the mental health of community-dwelling women abused by their intimate partners: A randomised controlled trial

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages S14-S17

  Tiwari, Agnes ^a   Yuk, H ^b   Pang, P ^b   Fong, D Y T ^a   Yuen, F ^a   Humphreys, J ^c   Bullock, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HKSKH Lady MacLehose Centre   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL COERCION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; TELEPHONE; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; SURVIVORS; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885933989     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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