Emotional attitudes toward symptoms and inadequate coping strategies are major determinants of patient delay in acute myocardial infarction

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-155

  Kentsch, Michael ^a   Rodemerk, Uwe ^b   Müller Esch, Gert ^c   Schnoor, Ulrike ^a   Münzel, Thomas ^d   Ittel, Thomas Heinz ^b   Mitusch, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Klinikum der Hansestadt Stralsund   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Decision making; Myocardial infarction; Patient acceptance of health care; Pre hospital care; Psychology; Time

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0036184728     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003920200004     Document Type: Article

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