The big mush: Psychometric measures are confounded and non-independent in their association with age at initial diagnosis of ischaemic coronary heart disease

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-48

  Ketterer, Mark W ^a,b   Denollet, Johann ^c   Goldberg, A David ^b   Mccullough, Peter A ^d   John, Sarine ^b   Farha, A J ^b   Clark, Vivian ^b   Keteyian, Steve ^b   Chapp, Jeanine ^b   Thayer, Beth ^b   Deveshwar, Sangita ^b  

^a Behavioral Health Pacific Regional Medical Command   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Coronary artery disease; Depression; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036224403     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182670200900106     Document Type: Article

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