1994
Home measures of anxiety, avoidant coping and defence as predictors of anxiety, heart rate and skin conductance level just before invasive cardiovascular procedures
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Journal of Psychosomatic Research , Volume 38 - Issue 4 p. 315- 322
The question was whether anxiety, heart rate and skin conductance level just before invasive cardiac procedures could be predicted by anxiety related measures obtained at patients homes approximately 3 weeks before treatment. Trait measures of avoidant coping and defence were provided by sixty-three male and thirty-three female patients who were scheduled for a diagnostic or interventional heart catheterization. In hospital physiological measures were registered continously during a 20 min interview and subsequently patients reported their anxiety. Results with hierarchical regression analysis showed that sex, age, medical variables and state anxiety at home explained 62% of state anxiety in hospital. Female sex predicted high anxiety in hospital while advanced age predicted low anxiety. Medical variables and measures of coping and defence did not add a significant contribution to this prediction of anxiety. Skin conductance and heart rate measures could not be predicted by the psychological measures collected at home.
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| doi.org/10.1016/0022-3999(94)90036-1, hdl.handle.net/1765/59914 | |
| Journal of Psychosomatic Research | |
| Organisation | Department of Cardiology |
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de Jong, M., Erdman, R., van den Brand, M., Verhage, F., Trijsburg, W., & Passchier, J. (1994). Home measures of anxiety, avoidant coping and defence as predictors of anxiety, heart rate and skin conductance level just before invasive cardiovascular procedures. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 38(4), 315–322. doi:10.1016/0022-3999(94)90036-1 |
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