Sense of coherence - a determinant of quality of life over time in older female acute myocardial infarction survivors

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 820-831

  Norekvål, Tone M ^a   Fridlund, Bengt ^b   Moons, Philip ^c   Nordrehaug, Jan E ^a   Sævareid, Hans I ^d   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^a   Hanestad, Berit R ^e  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardio thoracic nursing; Coping; Coronary heart disease; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77955739901     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02858.x     Document Type: Article

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