Open AccessEffect of Stress Ball Use or Hand-holding on Anxiety During Skin Cancer Excision
Author(s) -
Arianna F. Yanes,
Alexandra Weil,
Karina Furlan,
Emily Poon,
Murad Alam
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 2168-6084
pISSN - 2168-6068
DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.1783
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , visual analogue scale , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , head and neck cancer , anesthesia , placebo , patient satisfaction , local anesthesia , outpatient surgery , surgery , ambulatory , psychiatry , radiation therapy , alternative medicine , pathology
Patients undergoing skin surgery under local anesthesia can experience anxiety. Adjuvant intraoperative anxiety reduction methods may help.
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