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. 2000 Apr-May;48(4-5):463-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0022-3999(99)00087-2.

Behavioral risk factors of sudden cardiac arrest

A Appels  1 , B Golombeck, A Gorgels, J de Vreede, G van Breukelen
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Behavioral risk factors of sudden cardiac arrest

A Appels et al. J Psychosom Res. 2000 Apr-May.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and the behavioral factors exhaustion and nonexpression of emotions.

Methods: Case-control study of 99 victims of SCA and 119 coronary controls, matched for gender and age.

Results: Victims of SCA were more often assessed as exhausted and as closed by their family members than controls. A significant interaction between exhaustion and closeness on the risk of SCA was observed. Those who were exhausted and did not express their emotions had a sevenfold greater risk of SCA.

Conclusion: The behavioral factor of exhaustion and nonexpression of emotions may contribute to the identification of persons at elevated risk for SCA.

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