Characteristics of Socially Isolated Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Who Are at Elevated Risk for Mortality

Beverly H. Brummett; John C. Barefoot; Ilene C. Siegler; Nancy E. Clapp‐Channing; Barbara L. Lytle; Hayden B. Bosworth; Redford B. Williams; Daniel B. Mark

doi:10.1097/00006842-200103000-00010

Abstract

Patients with small social networks had an elevated risk of mortality, but this greater risk was not attributable to confounding with disease severity, demographics, or psychological distress. These findings have implications for mechanisms linking social isolation to mortality and for the application of psychosocial interventions.

Keywords

PsychosocialSocial isolationSocial supportMedicineHostilityCoronary artery diseasePsychological interventionDiseaseConfoundingDemographyDistressMortality rateInternal medicinePsychiatryPsychologyClinical psychology

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University of Puerto Rico at Carolina PR

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 63
Issue: 2
Pages: 267-272
Citations: 393
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                                    Beverly H. Brummett, 
                                
                                    John C. Barefoot, 
                                
                                    Ilene C. Siegler
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Characteristics of Socially Isolated Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Who Are at Elevated Risk for Mortality. 
                            Psychosomatic Medicine
                            , 63
                            (2)
                            , 267-272.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-200103000-00010
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200103000-00010