Posttraumatic growth in coronary artery disease outpatients: Relationship to degree of trauma and health service use

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-299

  Leung, Yvonne W ^a   Alter, David A ^b,c   Prior, Peter L ^d,e   Stewart, Donna E ^f,g   Irvine, Jane ^a   Grace, Sherry L ^a,f  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benefit finding; Clinical risk; Coronary artery disease; Health service use; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SICK ROLE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84857996798     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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