Factors associated with patient delay in seeking care after worsening symptoms in heart failure patients

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 657-663

  Nieuwenhuis, Maurice M W ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^b   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a   Van Der Wal, Martje H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

care seeking behavior; Heart failure; patient delay; worsening symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961002681     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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