Cross-cultural analysis of Type D (distressed) personality in 6222 patients with ischemic heart disease: A study from the International HeartQoL Project

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-333

  Kupper, Nina ^a   Pedersen, Susanne S ^a   Höfer, Stefan ^b   Saner, Hugo ^c   Oldridge, Neil ^d,e   Denollet, Johan ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural analysis; Heart disease; Type D personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TYPE D PERSONALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878013891     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.10.084     Document Type: Article

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