Alternative coping strategies and decision delay in seeking care for acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-155

  Zegrean, Mihaela ^a,c   Fox Wasylyshyn, Susan M ^b   El Masri, Maher M ^b  

^a WINDSOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Coping; Treatment seeking delay

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66549102455     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JCN.0000343561.06614.92     Document Type: Article

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