Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about acute coronary syndrome in patients diagnosed with ACS: An Irish cross-sectional study

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 201-208

  O'Brien, Frances ^a   O'Donnell, Sharon ^a   McKee, Gabrielle ^a   Mooney, Mary ^a   Moser, Debra ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; attitudes; beliefs; education; knowledge; pre hospital delay

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME RESPONSE INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; IRELAND; JAW PAIN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECK PAIN; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PALLOR; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; WEAKNESS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84875146139     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: 18731953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474515112446544     Document Type: Article

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