Quality of Life Measures and Gender Comparisons in North Carolina Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Verrill, David E.; Barton, Cole; Beasley, Will; Brennan, Michael T.; Lippard, Michael; King, Carl N.

doi:10.1097/00008483-200101000-00008

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“…The QoL differences between women and men in this study are supported by prior research 9,21,[23][24][25]29,41 but contrast with findings by Daly and colleagues, 1 who did not find any gender differences in HRQoL measured with SF-36. One explanation could be that most participants in the latter study 1 had no activity limitations because of history of MI, shortness of breath, or chest pain.…”

Section: Kristofferzon Löfmark and Carlssonsupporting

confidence: 78%

Perceived coping, social support, and quality of life 1 month after myocardial infarction: A comparison between Swedish women and men

Kristofferzon¹,

Löfmark²,

Carlsson³

2005

Heart & Lung

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Section: Kristofferzon Löfmark and Carlssonsupporting

confidence: 78%

Perceived coping, social support, and quality of life 1 month after myocardial infarction: A comparison between Swedish women and men

Kristofferzon¹,

Löfmark²,

Carlsson³

2005

Heart & Lung

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“…Others have demonstrated that even short-term cardiac rehabilitation has a positive impact on quality-of-life scores. 32 Perhaps increased physician referral would improve participation in these programs. Furthermore, could cardiac rehabilitation services be modified to meet the need of the subset of patients with low functional status scores?…”

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confidence: 99%

Effect of Functional Health-Related Quality of Life on Long-Term Survival After Cardiac Surgery

Koch

Lauer

et al. 2007

Circulation

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Background-Health-related quality-of-life instruments have become important measures of early health outcomes after cardiac surgery. The relationship between quality of life after recovery from surgery and subsequent long-term survival has not previously been explored. Our objective was to determine whether the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) was predictive of subsequent time-related survival after recovery from cardiac surgery. Methods and Results-We examined survival status among 6305 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting with or without valve procedures or isolated valve procedure between May 1995 and June 1998 who had a preoperative baseline and follow-up DASI. The postoperative DASI was administered nominally at 6 and 12 months. Baseline and perioperative variables and postoperative morbid events were prospectively collected concurrently with patient care. The end point was all-cause mortality. The Social Security Death Index was queried for survival status. Cox proportional-hazards analysis was used to study the associations between DASI, a number of traditional risk factors, and survival. Median follow-up was 8.6 years. The "dose-response" relationship between baseline and follow-up DASI and risk of long-term death was established.

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“…Some studies showed those men's mean scores were significantly higher than women's mean scores on overall quality of life scores [29]. Some others revealed that while men had higher physical function and overall QOL scores both pre-and post-CR, women showed greater improvements in overall scores, as well as in family and socioeconomic parameters [30]. Totally, it seems that although women are the minority of CR patients, they appear to benefit equally well from the program and gender seems not a relevant variable in CR benefits.…”

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Gender Differences in Improvement of Function Capacity and Psychological Status Following Cardiac Rehabilitation Program after Different Cardiac Interventions

Zarghampour¹

2011

J Clinic Experiment Cardiol

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Background: Because of lower exercise capacity and energy as well as function score in women, improvement of these indices following cardiac rehabilitation (CR) may be of greater clinical benefit to women than to men. The purpose of the present study was to determine if there were gender differences in risk profiles and function capacity as well as perceptions of quality of life and depression-anxiety status in CR patients.Methods: Three hundred and eleven consecutive patients who underwent various cardiac interventions and attended 20 or more of the CR sessions in an exercise-based CR program at the Tehran Heart Center between August 2008 and August 2009 were included. The main outcome measures were differences in the changes of exercise parameters, the health-related quality of life (QOL) (assessed by a standardized self-rating Short Form 36 Health Questionnaire), as well as depressed and anxious mood (assessed by the Costello-Comrey Depression and Anxiety Scale). Results:The metabolic equivalent (METs) level of men was higher than that of women at baseline and at the end of CR, but its changes was not significant between the two genders. At the end of the three-month program, although men had higher post-exercise systolic blood pressure, peak heart rate and peak O2 consumption than women, improvements in these parameters were not statistically different between them. Regarding health-related quality of life scores, both men and women improved in all scores, although men reported more increase in their level of general health, however the changes of all QOL scores and depression-anxiety level were globally similar in both genders. Conclusion:Improvement in exercise parameters, QOL, and depression-anxiety state is similarly occurred in men and women following complete CR program.

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Quality of Life Measures and Gender Comparisons in North Carolina Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs

Cited by 45 publications

References 35 publications

Perceived coping, social support, and quality of life 1 month after myocardial infarction: A comparison between Swedish women and men

Perceived coping, social support, and quality of life 1 month after myocardial infarction: A comparison between Swedish women and men

Effect of Functional Health-Related Quality of Life on Long-Term Survival After Cardiac Surgery

Gender Differences in Improvement of Function Capacity and Psychological Status Following Cardiac Rehabilitation Program after Different Cardiac Interventions

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