Correlates of Functional Disability in Patients with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Preliminary Cross-Sectional Findings

Health Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 643-648

  Benrud Larson, Lisa M ^a   Sandroni, Paola ^a   Haythornthwaite, Jennifer A ^b   Rummans, Teresa A ^a   Low, Phillip A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophizing; Functional disability; Postural tachycardia syndrome; Somatic vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATH ANALYSIS; POSTURAL TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDING; TACHYCARDIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MINNESOTA; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0344586878     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.22.6.643     Document Type: Article

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