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Abstract
We compared anxiety in mothers of children undergoing ambulatory surgery with female patients undergoing surgery themselves. We found that mothers were as anxious as patients undergoing major abdominal surgery and more anxious than patients undergoing minor surgery. Predictors of maternal anxiety were child age and maternal monitoring coping.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18292423 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318162ce2f
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anesth Analg ISSN: 0003-2999 Impact factor: 5.108