Gender differences in anxiety and concerns about the cardioverter defibrillator

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 614-621

  Spindler, Helle ^a   Johansen, Jens B ^b   Andersen, Kirsten ^b   Mortensen, Peter ^b   Pedersen, Susanne S ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cardioverter defibrillator; Gender; ICD concerns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL;

ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 65649090928     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02334.x     Document Type: Article

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