Published in Hospital Business Week, November 26th, 2006
Study 1: Patient vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder three months after acute coronary syndrome is predictable on the basis of psychological state and chest pain at the time of admission.
Researchers in England conducted a study aiming "to assess frequency and predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), measured by the Post Traumatic Stress-self report version, at three months after admission for acute coronary syndromes (ACS)."
D.L. Whitehead and colleagues at University College London explained that the design was a "two-phase...
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