Factors associated with delayed care-seeking in hospitalized patients with heart failure

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-254

  Altice, Nancy F ^a   Madigan, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a CARILION CLINIC   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Heart failure; Somatic awareness; Somatic perception; Symptom pattern; Symptom recognition

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELAYED CARE SEEKING; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860372877     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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