Predictors of Delay in Heart Failure Patients and Consequences for Outcomes

Current Heart Failure Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 94-105

  Sethares, Kristen A ^a   Chin, Elizabeth ^a   Jurgens, Corrine Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral factors; Clinical factors; Delay; Heart failure; Patient outcomes; Self care; Social factors; Symptom recognition; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FRIEND; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LENGTH OF STAY; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925507164     PISSN: 15469530     EISSN: 15469549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11897-014-0241-5     Document Type: Review

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