Effect of a psychoeducational intervention on depression, anxiety, and health resource use in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1259-1271

  Dunbar, Sandra B ^a,g   Langberg, Jonathan J ^b   Reilly, Carolyn M ^a   Viswanathan, Bindu ^c   McCarty, Frances ^d   Culler, Steven D ^a   O'Brien, Marian C ^e   Weintraub, William S ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Medscape/Web MD   (United States)

^f CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation ICD; Quality of life; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOEDUCATION;

ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349542912     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02495.x     Document Type: Article

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