A randomized controlled trial to reduce delay in older adults seeking help for symptoms of acute myocardial infarction

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-497

  Tullmann, Dorothy F ^a   Haugh, Kathy H ^a   Dracup, Kathleen A ^b   Bourguignon, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attitudes; Beliefs; Education; Knowledge; Myocardial infarction; Older adults; Perceived control; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348937814     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20245     Document Type: Article

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