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- Title
HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND CARDIAC REHABILITATION: DOES BODY MASS INDEX MATTER?
- Authors
DEN UIJL, Iris; TER HOEVE, Nienke; Madoka SUNAMURA; STAM, Henk J.; LENZEN, Mattie J.; VAN DEN BERG, Victor J.; BOERSMA, Eric; VAN DEN BERG-EMONS, Rita J. G.
- Abstract
Objective: To investigate the relation between body mass index class and changes in health-related quality of life in patients participating in cardiac rehabilitation. Design: Prospective cohort study. Patients: A total of 503 patients with acute coronary syndrome. Methods: Data from the OPTICARE trial were used, in which health-related quality of life was measured with the MacNew Heart Disease HRQOL Instrument at the start, directly after, and 9 months after completion of cardiac rehabilitation. Patients were classed as normal weight, overweight, or obese. Results: During cardiac rehabilitation, global health-related quality of life improved in patients in all classes of body mass index. Patients classed as overweight had a significantly greater improvement in social participation than those classed as normal weight (5.51-6.02 compared with 5.73-5.93, respectively; difference in change 0.30, p = 0.025). After completion of cardiac rehabilitation, health-related quality of life continued to improve similarly in patients in all classes of body mass index. Conclusion: Health-related quality of life improved during cardiac rehabilitation in patients of all classes of body mass index. Patients classed as overweight showed the greatest improvement. The beneficial effects were maintained during extended follow-up after completion of cardiac rehabilitation.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; ANALYSIS of variance; BODY weight; CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; CONFIDENCE intervals; FISHER exact test; INTERVIEWING; LONGITUDINAL method; OBESITY; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH funding; SOCIAL participation; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; BODY mass index; TREATMENT effectiveness; DATA analysis software; ACUTE coronary syndrome; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (Stiftelsen Rehabiliteringsinformation), 2020, Vol 52, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1650-1977
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2340/16501977-2702