Recovering from a heart attack: A qualitative study into lay experiences and the struggle to make lifestyle changes

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-225

  Gregory, Susan ^a   Bostock, Yvonne ^b   Backett Milburn, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Bostock Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Lay experiences; Lifestyle change; Long term support; Quantitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; CONSULTATION; CONVALESCENCE; HEART REHABILITATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENTS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645151039     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi089     Document Type: Article

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