Evidence that the brief symptom inventory can be used to measure anxiety quickly and reliably in patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Abu Ruz, Mohannad E ^a   Lennie, Terry A ^b   Riegel, Barbara ^c   McKinley, Sharon ^d   Doering, Lynn V ^e   Moser, Debra K ^b  

^a King Fahid Specialty Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Anxiety; The Brief Symptom Inventory; Validity and reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANXIETY; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77649170685     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e3181b56626     Document Type: Article

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