Open AccessEffect of Verbal Empathy and Touch on Anxiety Relief in Patients Undergoing Flexible Bronchoscopy: Can Empathy Reduce Patients' Anxiety?
Author(s) -
Sun Mi Choi,
Jun Young Lee,
Young Sik Park,
Chang Hoon Lee,
Sang Min Lee,
JaeJoon Yim
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000450960
Subject(s) - empathy , medicine , anxiety , bronchoscopy , flexible bronchoscopy , surgery , psychiatry
Patients undergoing flexible bronchoscopy usually experience anxiety before and during the procedure.