Difficulties of Portuguese Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Predictors of Readmissions and Unchanged Lifestyles | Zendy

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Difficulties of Portuguese Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction: Predictors of Readmissions and Unchanged Lifestyles

Author(s) -

Sofia Nunes,

Guilhermina Rêgo,

Rui Nunes

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

asian nursing research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 2093-7482

pISSN - 1976-1317

DOI - 10.1016/j.anr.2016.03.005

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , psychological intervention , logistic regression , disease , physical therapy , emergency medicine , psychiatry

Myocardial infarction can occur due to known risk factors and lifestyle choices. The difficulties that patients experience after discharge can lead to readmission and nonadherence to lifestyle change. The purpose of this study was to analyze the difficulties experienced by patients after hospitalization due to myocardial infarction and to identify the predictors of readmission and unchanged lifestyles.

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