Systematic review of the efficacy of pre-surgical mind-body based therapies on post-operative outcome measures

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 697-711

  Nelson, Elizabeth A ^a   Dowsey, Michelle M ^a   Knowles, Simon R ^a,b   Castle, David J ^a   Salzberg, Michael R ^a   Monshat, Kaveh ^a   Dunin, Anthony J ^a   Choong, Peter F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mind body therapies; Post operative outcomes; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

MIND-BODY THERAPIES; POST-OPERATIVE OUTCOMES; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888037359     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.08.020     Document Type: Review

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