Does it matter what patients think? The relationship between changes in patients' beliefs about angina and their psychological and functional status

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 323-329

  Furze, Gill ^a   Lewin, Robert J P ^a   Murberg, Terje ^b   Bull, Peter ^a   Thompson, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Angina; Beliefs; Misconceptions; Physical limitations; Psychological status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27444432882     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.071     Document Type: Article

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