Journal article
Trajectories of recovery of quality of life in women after an acute cardiac event
Marian Una Christine Worcester, Barbara Mary Murphy, Peter Clifford Elliott, Michael Richard Le Grande, Rosemary Olive Higgins, Alan James Goble, Susan Barbara Roberts
BRITISH JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY | WILEY | Published : 2007
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Female cardiac patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during the first year after an acute cardiac event was compared with age-weighted Australian population norms. The impact of age, event type and cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme attendance on recovery was assessed. METHODS: The short form 36-item health survey (SF-36) was administered to 229 women aged from 36 to 84 years consecutively admitted to 4 hospitals after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or to undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS). Data were collected at 4 time points over 12 months. SF-36 subscale scores were compared with age-weighted norms for Australian women. Mplus was used to anal..
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