Psychologic Distress in Postmyocardial Infarction Patients Who Have Returned to Work
Chantal Brisson, PhD,
Richard Leblanc, PhD,
Renée Bourbonnais, PhD,
Elizabeth Maunsell, PhD,
Gilles R. Dagenais, MD,
Michel Vézina, MD,
Benoît M
sse, PhD and
Edeltraut Kröger, MSc
From the Unité de recherche en santé des populations, Québec, Canada (C.B., R.L., E.M.); Université Laval, Québec, Canada (C.B., R.B., E.M., M.V., E.K.); Institut de cardiologie de Québec, Québec, Canada (G.R.D.); and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington (B.M.).

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Figure 1. Adjusted* mean Psychiatric Symptom Index scores in the postmyocardial infarction population and the general working population (GWP).
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Figure 2. Adjusted* prevalence of psychologic distress in the postmyocardial infarction population and the general working population (GWP).
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