The effects of health beliefs on health care-seeking decisions of Jordanian patients with myocardial infarction symptoms

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-20

  Al Hassan, Musa A ^a   Omran, Suha M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Delay; Jordan; Myocardial infarction; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16644393437     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2005.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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