A questionnaire to assess premonitory symptoms of myocardial infarction.
To test the hypothesis that feelings of vital exhaustion precede the onset of myocardial infarction, and to develop a short questionnaire to assess these feelings, a prospective study was done among 3877 males, aged 39-65 years. During a 4.2-year follow-up period, 59 fatal or non-fatal infarctions occurred. The mean score of future coronary causes as determined by a questionnaire assessing feelings of vital exhaustion was significantly higher than the mean score of a control group matched for age, blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking. Given the validity of the model, it was possible to reduce markedly the size of the questionnaire.
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Department of Medical Psychology, Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression; D005221:Fatigue; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires