Key result
Psychosocial factors were systematically reviewed regarding their causal role as coronary risk factors and the effects of their modification in coronary heart disease prevention.
Why the study?
What is the role of psychosocial factors in the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease?
What is the role of psychosocial factors in the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease?
This systematic review evaluates the causal role and modification of psychosocial factors in the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease.
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Psychosocial CHD associations remain hypothesis-generating; cohort data leaves open causality and intervention effects.
This chapter contains sections titled: Psychosocial factors as coronary risk factors Are psychosocial CHD associations causal? Modification of psychosocial factors Challenges in improving this systematic review Conclusion
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Hemingway et al. (2002) studied this question. Psychosocial factors were systematically reviewed regarding their causal role as coronary risk factors and the effects of their modification in coronary heart disease prevention.
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