Information sheets for patients with acute chest pain: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7696, 2009, Pages

  Arnold, Jane ^a   Goodacre, Steve ^b   Bath, Peter ^c   Price, Jonathan ^d  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING CESSATION; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANXIETY; CHEST PAIN; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84859000323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b541     Document Type: Article

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