Cluster analysis: A useful technique to identify elderly cardiac patients at risk for poor quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1655-1663

  Fukuoka, Yoshimi ^a   Lindgren, Teri G ^a   Rankin, Sally H ^a   Cooper, Bruce A ^a   Carroll, Diane L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Aging; Cardiac symptom; Cluster analysis; Coronary artery bypass graft; Depression; Elderly; Fatigue; Health related quality of life; Psychological distress; Recovery; Women

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AGING; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35848964821     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9272-7     Document Type: Article

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