Psycho-social factors are important for the perception of disease in patients with acute coronary disease

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Bekke Hansen, Sidsel ^a   Weinman, John ^b   Thastum, Mikael ^a   Thygesen, Kristian ^c   Zachariae, Robert ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; CONTROL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84905455202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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