Smoking, Cardiac Symptoms, and an Emergency Care Visit: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Cognitive and Emotional Reactions

Table 3

Adjectives used to describe emotions by patients with suspected cardiac symptoms as a metric of commonality of experienced emotion.

At first	At time to hospital	At time of interview
Fear/scared (21); Anxiety/nervous/ worried (21); Anger (8); Aggravated/frustrated/ annoyed (2); Depressed/sad (6); Concerned (5); Stress (4); Embarrassed (2); Calm (1); Confused (1); Disoriented (1); Dread (1); Extremely nervous (1); Relaxed (1); Upset (1); No emotion/denial (15)	Fear/scared (28); Anxiety/nervous/ worried (9); Anger (6); Aggravated/frustrated/annoyed (2); Depressed/sad (4); Concerned (2); Stress (1); Relief (2); All right (1); Bad (1); Calm (1); Dread (1); Embarrassed (1); Grateful (1); Hopeful (1); Shock (1); Sorry (1); Upset (1); No emotions/denial (10)	Anxious/nervous/ worried (16); Happy (11); Fear/scared (10); Relief (8); Depressed/sad (6); Aggravated/frustrated/annoyed (7); Stressed (4); Relaxed (3); Feels good (2); Calm (2); Glad (2); Fine (2); Excited (1); Peaceful (1); Grateful (1); Dread (1); Angry (4); Embarrassed (1); Concerned (2); Lonely (1); Upset (1); Hurt (1); Disgust (1); Disappointed to be in hospital (1); Unsure (1); Funny (1); Safer (1); No emotions/denial (4)

Note: Each participant may have expressed more than one emotion.