Myocardial infarction, spouses' reactions and their need of support

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 479-488

  Kettunen, Sinikka ^a   Solovieva, Svetlana ^b   Laamanen, Ritva ^a   Santavirta, Nina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ORTON Invalid Foundation   (Finland)

Author keywords

Crisis theory; Fears; Myocardial infarction; Nursing research; Spouse's reaction; Support from health care professionals; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033173030     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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