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The effectiveness of information-sharing interventions to reduce anxiety in families waiting for surgical patients undergoing an elective surgical procedure: a systematic review
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The effectiveness of information-sharing interventions to reduce anxiety in families waiting for surgical patients undergoing an elective surgical procedure: a systematic review

Judy Munday, Kathryn Kynoch and Sonia Hines
JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, Vol.12(3), pp.234-273
2014

Abstract

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Whilst waiting for patients undergoing surgery, a lack of information regarding the patient's status and the outcome of surgery, can contribute to the anxiety experienced by family members. Effective strategies for providing information to families are therefore required.

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