Posttraumatic growth in coronary artery disease outpatients: Relationship to degree of trauma and health service use

Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is frequently reported after the strike of a serious medical illness. The current study sought to: 1) assess the relationship between degree of cardiac “threat” and PTG one-year post-hospitalization; and 2) to explore the association between PTG and healthcare utilization. In a cohort study, 2636 cardiac inpatients from 11 Ontario hospitals completed a sociodemographic survey; clinical data were extracted from charts....