[A set of questionnaires for the assessment (screening) of psychological disorders and social problems in cardiac rehabilitation patients].

A set of questionnaires for the assessment (screening) of psychological and social problems in cardiac rehabilitation patients is analyzed for its psychometric properties. The test battery had before been consented by a task force of the German Association for the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Disease, DGPR. It integrates generally approved and well-tried assessments for depression/anxiety, social isolation (vocational) stress, and subjective vocational disability.

[Special aspects of physical training during the rehabilitation stage of coronary patients].

Practical aspects: Physical exercise is a basic component of the rehabilitation program for patients recuperating from myocardial infarction or bypass surgery. The aim of exercise is to enhance physical performance by improving coordination, flexibility, strength, speed and endurance. The training concept is matched to the individual capability, which is determined by an exercise test at the beginning of the rehabilitation program.

[A survey of the medical and psychosocial status of 140 workers 32 months following myocardial infarct].

We suspected there could be different social, psychological, and medical problems for women after a first myocardial infarction than those affecting men. 140 women (56.4 +/- 7 years) were interviewed by questionnaire 32 +/- 8.

[Personality psychological correlates of blood pressure behavior. Group comparison of hypertensive, exercise hypertensive and normotensive heart patients].

It has been well established that individuals with exercise hypertension are at risk of subsequently developing manifest hypertension at rest. In this regard, there is little data available on psychological aspects which may be related to this transition. Accordingly, this study was undertaken to determine whether persons with exercise hypertension and those with manifest hypertension differ in personality traits.