A large number of studies have reported on the psychosocial risk factor pattern prior to coronary heart disease events, but few have investigated the situation during the first year after an event, and none has been controlled. We therefore performed a case-referent study in which the prevalence of a number of psychosocial factors was evaluated.
Psychosocial factors during the first year after a coronary heart disease event in cases and referents. Secondary Prevention in Uppsala Primary Health Care Project (SUPRIM).
Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. mats.gulliksson@pubcare.uu.se
