Quality of life and self-efficacy: gender and diagnoses considerations for management during cardiac rehabilitation.

Purpose: Outcome measurement research has extended beyond traditional clinical and physiologic parameters to include psychosocial aspects. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate quality-of-life (QOL) and self-efficacy disparities for gender and diagnoses during participation in cardiac rehabilitation.

Methods: For this study, 472 patients (114 women and 358 men) were stratified by gender and then again by diagnosis to include surgical revascularization, myocardial infarction, and percutaneous coronary intervention.

Quality of Life and Self Efficacy in Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients Over 70 Years of Age Following Acute Myocardial Infarction and Bypass Revascularization Surgery.

Does 12 weeks of cardiac rehabilitation improve quality of life and self efficacy in patients greater than 70 years of age following an acute myocardial infraction or bypass surgery? Three hundred forty four patients were divided into an Older group (70-89 years of age; n equals 122) and a younger group (50-69 years of age; n equals 222). Two hundred fifteen had bypass surgery (Surgical group) and 129 had a myocardial infarction (MI group). Quality of life emotions domain was greater for the Older group at week 12 (p equals 0.

Age and Gender Related Trends in Body Composition, Lipids, and Exercise Capacity During Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Age (40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s) and gender (125 females; 456 males) related trends for peak exercise capacity VO2peak, body composition, and lipids were reviewed for 581 cardiac rehabilitation patients. Groups were equivalent with regard to diagnoses, medications, and risk factors. Peak exercise capacity decreased with increasing age but the percentage improvement attributable to cardiac rehabilitation was similar across each age group (mean of 28.

Elderly Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients Show Greater Improvements in Ventilation at Submaximal Levels of Exercise.

The minute ventilation (VE) and carbon dioxide output (VCO&sub2;) adaptations to 12 weeks of cardiac rehabilitation were investigated in diagnosis-matched elderly patients (ELD) and younger patients (YNG). Thirty ELD (25 males, 5 females; age equals 69.2Â+/-3.