Validity and time course of surgical fear as measured with the Surgical Fear Questionnaire in patients undergoing cataract surgery.

OBJECTIVES:The primary aim of the study was to assess the convergent validity of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ) with other self-report instruments and biological indices of stress. Secondary aims were the examination of predictors of the level and time course of fear and preferences for fear...

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Main Authors: Maurice Theunissen, Soraya Jonker, Jan Schepers, Nancy A Nicolson, Rudy Nuijts, Hans-Fritz Gramke, Marco A E Marcus, Madelon L Peters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6084852?pdf=render