Socioeconomic inequalities in quality of life and psychological outcomes among cardiac patients

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Skodova, Zuzana ^a,b   Nagyova, Iveta ^b   Dijk, Jitse P ^b,c   Sudzinova, Adriana ^d   Vargova, Helena ^d   Rosenberger, Jaroslav ^b   Middel, Berrie ^c   Studencan, Martin ^d   Reijneveld, Sijmen A ^c  

^a University Teaching Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d East Slovakian Institute for Cardiac and Vascular Diseases   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Education; Income; Psychological well being; Quality of life; Socioeconomic inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 68949119388     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-7086-9     Document Type: Article

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