Validation of the surgical fear questionnaire in adult patients waiting for elective surgery.

Validation of the surgical fear questionnaire in adult patients waiting for elective surgery.

Because existing instruments for assessing surgical fear seem either too general or too limited, the Surgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ) was developed. The aim of this study is to assess the validity and reliability of the SFQ.Based on existing literature and expert consultation the ten-item SFQ was c...

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Main Authors: Maurice Theunissen, Madelon L Peters, Erik G W Schouten, Audrey A A Fiddelers, Mark G A Willemsen, Patrícia R Pinto, Hans-Fritz Gramke, Marco A E Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4069058?pdf=render

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