The impact of personality factors on delay in seeking treatment of acute myocardial infarction

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schlyter, Mona ^a,c   André Petersson, Lena ^b   Engström, Gunnar ^b   Tydén, Patrik ^a,b   Östman, Margareta ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGGREEABLENESS; ARTICLE; CONSCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; OPENNESS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY DELAY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART INFARCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY CARE UNITS; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79956050411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-21     Document Type: Article

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