Continuous event recorders did not affect anxiety or quality of life in patients with palpitations

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1060-1066

  Hoefman, Emmy ^a   Boer, Kimberly R ^a   van Weert, Henk C P M ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Koster, Rudolf W ^a   Bindels, Patrick J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Continuous event recorder; Palpitations; Quality of Life; SF 36; STAI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34548620661     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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