The other side of the coin: Perceived positive effects of illness in women following acute myocardial infarction

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-87

  Norekvål, Tone M ^a,b   Moons, Philip ^c   Hanestad, Berit R ^b   Nordrehaug, Jan E ^a,b   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^d  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benefits; Myocardial infarction; Positive effects; Women

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; WOMEN;

EID: 38949159735     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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