Illness perceptions, coping strategies, and symptoms contribute to psychological distress in patients with recurrent symptomatic atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-444

  McCabe, Pamela J ^a   Barnason, Susan A ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; coping; illness perceptions; psychological distress; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865764365     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e31821e7ab1     Document Type: Article

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