The effect of brief functional relaxation on college students' needle anxiety during injected vaccinations

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 166-172

  McWhorter, Linda G ^a   Gil Rivas, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

College health; Functional relaxation; Immunization; Intervention; Needle anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL BIAS; STUDENT; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; RELAXATION THERAPY; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84900432149     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: 19403208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2013.867862     Document Type: Article

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