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...    »