Factors associated with delay in seeking care for acute decompensated heart failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 429-438

  Sethares, Kristen A ^a   Sosa, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Fisher, Paige ^b   Riegel, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Delay; Heart failure; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WATCHFUL WAITING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84906080598     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e3182a37789     Document Type: Article

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