Patients’ Expectations Predict Surgery Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-62

  Auer, Charlotte J ^a   Glombiewski, Julia A ^a   Doering, Bettina K ^a   Winkler, Alexander ^a   Laferton, Johannes A C ^a   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^b   Rief, Winfried ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Expectations; Health beliefs; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGERY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84957974120     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-015-9500-4     Document Type: Article

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