Efforts have been undertaken to reduce prehospital delay of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) since decades. Previous evidence shows that psychological factors have a major influence on delay time.The present doctor thesis outlines two investigations which studied the impact of denial and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) on prehospital delay. Surprisingly, denial exhibited a minimal impact on delay time and even yielded a protective effect on buffering patients’ negative affectivity. GAD was associated with a favorable reduced risk of delay longer than two hours.
«Efforts have been undertaken to reduce prehospital delay of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) since decades. Previous evidence shows that psychological factors have a major influence on delay time.The present doctor thesis outlines two investigations which studied the impact of denial and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) on prehospital delay. Surprisingly, denial exhibited a minimal impact on delay time and even yielded a protective effect on buffering patients’ negative affectivity. GAD was a...
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