Religious struggle as a predictor of subsequent mental and physical well-being in advanced heart failure patients

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 426-436

  Park, Crystal L ^a   Wortmann, Jennifer H ^a   Edmondson, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Depression; Hospitalization; Quality of life; Religious struggle; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION;

EID: 82755194910     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9315-y     Document Type: Article

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