Chronic posttraumatic stress and its predictors in patients living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 344-352

  Von Känel, Roland ^a   Baumert, Jens ^b   Kolb, Christof ^c   Cho, En Young N ^a   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955890148     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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