Self-reported influences of hopelessness, health literacy, lifestyle action, and patient inertia on blood pressure control in a hypertensive emergency department population

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 368-372

  Joyner Grantham, Janae ^a,b   Mount, David L ^a   McCorkle, Orita D ^a   Simmons, Debra R ^b   Ferrario, Carlos M ^a   Cline, David M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Southeast Cancer Control Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behavior; Brief symptom inventory; Hypertension; Inertia

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT TEST; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT INERTIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 73649125324     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181b473dc     Document Type: Article

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