Using computers to improve the psychosocial care of implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1426-1433

  Kuhl, Emily A ^a   Sears, Samuel F ^a   Conti, Jamie B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; E-MAIL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33845677265     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00558.x     Document Type: Review

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