Impact of preprocedural anxiety levels on pain perception in patients undergoing office hysteroscopy

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 477-481

  Kokanali, Mahmut Kuntay ^a   Cavkaytar, Sabri ^a   Guzel, Ali Irfan ^a   Topçu, Hasan Onur ^a   Eroğlu, Elçin ^a   Aksakal, Orhan ^a   Doğanay, Melike ^a  

^a ZEKAI TAHIR BURAK WOMEN S HEALTH EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Office hysteroscopy; Pain perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOCICEPTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFFICE HYSTEROSCOPY; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; UTERUS BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPY; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN PERCEPTION;

EID: 84912066008     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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