Understanding why patients delay seeking care for acute coronary syndromes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-154

  Sullivan, Mark D ^a   Ciechanowski, Paul S ^a   Russo, Joan E ^a   Soine, Laurie A ^a,b   Jordan Keith, Kier ^b,c   Ting, Henry H ^d   Caldwell, James H ^e  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attachment theory; Depression; Prehospital delay; Trust

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPRESSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRUST;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRUST;

EID: 77949878272     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.825471     Document Type: Article

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