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[The inner barrier: how health psychology concepts contribute to the explanation of prehospital delays in acute myocardial infarction: a systematic analysis of the current state of knowledge]

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Ladwig, KH; Gärtner, C; Walz, LM; Smenes, KR; Ronel, J
Abstract:
During onset of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), less than 20 % of patients reach the hospital within an optimal time window. About 75 % of pre-hospital delay time is caused by deficits in the patients' subjective decision making. To date, little is known about the course of threat appraisal during AMI. We aim to show here that health psychology related concepts offer an attractive conceptual frame to understand paradoxical reactions of AMI patients during this life threatening phase of the...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol
Year:
2009
Journal volume:
59
Journal issue:
12
Pages contribution:
440-5
Language:
de
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1055/s-2008-1067576
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19003723
Print-ISSN:
0937-2032
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
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