Open AccessImpact of doctor-patient communication on preoperative anxiety: Study at industrial township, Pimpri, Pune
Author(s) -
Amitav Banerjee,
VandanaB Nikumb,
Gurleen Kaur,
Suprakash Chaudhury
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.57852
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , hospital anxiety and depression scale , affect (linguistics) , depression (economics) , incidence (geometry) , psychiatry , psychology , physics , communication , optics , economics , macroeconomics
Anxiety may not be recognized by physicians though they affect a large number of patients awaiting surgery as reported in some studies. Good doctor-patient communication may have an impact on preoperative anxiety.
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