Quality of life and psychological impact in patients with noncardiac chest pain

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Cheung, Ting Kin ^a   Hou, Xiaohua ^b   Lam, Kwok Fai ^a   Chen, Jie ^b   Wong, Wai Man ^a   Cha, Hui ^b   Xia, Harry H X ^a   Chan, Annie O O ^a   Tong, Teresa S M ^a   Leung, Gigi Y C ^a   Yuen, Man F ^a   Wong, Benjamin C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chest pain; Depression; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Noncardiac chest pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL LIFE; THORAX PAIN;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CHINA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67651172930     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181514725     Document Type: Article

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