Marital quality predicts hospital stay following coronary artery bypass surgery for women but not men

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2031-2040

  Kulik, James A ^a   Mahler, Heike I M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary bypass surgery; Hospital stay; Hospital support; Marital quality; Patient gender

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENDER RELATIONS; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747799936     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.05.022     Document Type: Article

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