Title: Animal companions and one-year survival of patients after discharge from a coronary care unit.
Abstract: This study looked at the effects of social isolation and social support on the survival of patients who
were hospitalized in a CCU with a diagnosis of MI or angina pectoris (AP). Social factors have been reported
to account for some of the variation in the incidence of MI and AP (25,28), but...
Publication Year: 1980
Publication Date: 1980-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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