The effect of low social support on short-term prognosis in patients following a first myocardial infarction

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-318

  Pedersen, Susanne Schmidt ^a,b,d   Van Domburg, Ron Theodoor ^b   Larsen, Mogens Lytken ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Department of Psychology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Post traumatic stress disorder; Recurrent cardiac events; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 4544381011     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2004.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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