A randomized controlled trial of a brief educational and psychological intervention for patients presenting to a cardiac clinic with palpitation

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 699-706

  Mayou, R ^a,b   Sprigings, D ^a,b   Birkhead, J ^a,b   Price, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXTRASYSTOLE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARDIAC ANXIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CARDIAC COMPLEXES, PREMATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCIRCULATORY ASTHENIA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036012855     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702005536     Document Type: Article

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