Illness Perceptions After Myocardial Infarction:Relations to Fatigue, Emotional Distress, and Health-Related Quality of Life

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages E1-E10

  Alsén, Pia ^a   Brink, Eva ^b   Persson, Lars Olof ^b   Brändström, Yvonne ^b   Karlson, Björn W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Depression; Fatigue; Health related quality of life; Illness perception; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SWEDEN;

AGED; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 77649103342     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e3181c6dcfd     Document Type: Article

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