Illness perception among patients with chest pain and palpitations before and after negative cardiac evaluation
Open Access
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BioPsychoSocial Medicine
- Vol. 6 (1) , 19
Abstract
Patients with chest pain or palpitations often have poor outcomes following a negative cardiac evaluation, with symptom persistence, limitations in everyday activities, and reduced health-related quality of life. The aims of this study were to evaluate illness perceptions before and after negative cardiac evaluations and measure the ability of a self-report questionnaire to predict outcomes.Keywords
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