Predicting the psychological and physiological prognosis of cardiac rehabilitation patients

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dc.contributor.authorFeldner-Busztin, Adrienne
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-18T11:40:29Z
dc.date.available2017-07-18T11:40:29Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionThesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Johannesburg 1995en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe large percentage of deaths attributed to recurrent Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) has generated a search for behavioural and psychological factors which mitigate the consequences of CHD. An aim of the present thesis is to extend this search by identifying factors which predict prognosis fer recovery from CHD. Two key factors seen to influence prognosis are aerobic exercise and Type A behaviour. Extant research into the role of exercise has been hindered by methodological weaknesses. As a consequence, the precise means by which exercise influences CHD patients' psychological and physiological strain remains unclear. Similarly, the Type A literature has been flawed by the inaccurate conceptualisation and measurement of Type A behaviour as a global, and 110t a multidimensional, construct. Research which has examined the multidimensional nature of Type A behaviour has been restricted to low risk samples. Thus, a further aim. of the present research is to examine ; prognostic role of exercise and Type A components within the context of cardiac rehabilitation. In achieving this aim, three studies are conducted. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]
dc.description.librarianMT2017en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resources (362 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationFeldner-Busztin, Adrienne (1995) Predicting the psychological and physiological prognosis of cardiac rehabilitation patients, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,<http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23011>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/23011
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshHeart--Diseases--Patients--Rehabilitation
dc.subject.lcshCoronary heart disease--Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcshType A behavior
dc.subject.lcshMedicine and psychology
dc.titlePredicting the psychological and physiological prognosis of cardiac rehabilitation patientsen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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