Survivors of an Acute Coronary Syndrome With Lower Patient Activation Are More Likely to Experience Declines in Health-Related Quality of Life.

CONCLUSIONS: Hospital survivors of an ACS with lower activation may be more likely to experience declines in mental and disease-specific HRQOL than more-activated patients, identifying a group at risk of poor outcomes. PMID: 28574974 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28574974?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - June 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Erskine NA, Gandek B, Waring ME, Kinney RL, Lessard DM, Devereaux RS, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Kiefe CI, Goldberg RJ Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research