A preoperative education intervention to reduce anxiety and improve recovery among Chinese cardiac patients : a randomised controlled trial
Background: Patients awaiting cardiac surgery typically experience physical and psychological stress. Although there is evidence that preoperative education can improve postoperative outcomes among general surgical patients, less is known about preoperative education for patients undergoing cardiac...
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University of Nottingham
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.570371 |