The role of social support in health status and depressive symptoms after acute myocardial infarction evidence for a stronger relationship among women

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Leifheit Limson, Erica C ^a   Reid, Kimberly J ^b   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   Lin, Haiqun ^a   Jones, Philip G ^b   Buchanan, Donna M ^b   Parashar, Susmita ^c   Peterson, Pamela N ^d,e   Spertus, John A ^b,f   Lichtman, Judith H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Health status; Myocardial infarction; Sex; Social support

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREND STUDY;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77953446071     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.899815     Document Type: Article

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