The distressed (type D) personality is independently associated with impaired health status and increased depressive symptoms in chronic heart failure

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-346

  Schiffer, Angélique A ^a,b   Pedersen, Susanne S ^a   Widdershoven, Jos W ^b   Hendriks, Eric H ^b   Winter, Jobst B ^b   Denollet, Johan ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chronic heart failure (CHF); depressive symptoms; health status; type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOOD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 23944509752     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000173107.76109.6c     Document Type: Article

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