Pet ownership, social support, and one-year survival after acute myocardial infarction in the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST)

1995/12/01 by Erika Friedmann, Sue A. Thomas · 4 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Psychology · #Anxiety #Asymptomatic #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Cardiology #Coronary artery disease #Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion #Depression (economics) #Disease #Human-Animal Interaction Studies #Internal medicine #Medicine #Myocardial infarction #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychosocial #Social support

paper · doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(99)80343-9

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Citations

• The Pet as an Anxiolytic Intervention
• The social readjustment rating scale
• A Self-Rating Depression Scale
• Beneficial Effects of Pet Ownership on Some Aspects of Human Health and Behaviour
• Preliminary Report: Effect of Encainide and Flecainide on Mortality in a Randomized Trial of Arrhythmia Suppression after Myocardial Infarction

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