Anxiety levels and perceived pain intensity during intravitreal injections

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 203-204

  Segal, Ori ^a,b   Segal Trivitz, Yael ^b,c   Nemet, Arie Y ^a,b   Cohen, Perri ^a,b   Geffen, Noa ^a,b   Mimouni, Michael ^d  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; LIDOCAINE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN A; VEGFA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; EYE PAIN; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANXIETY; BEVACIZUMAB; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84959177835     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12802     Document Type: Note

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