PMID- 22174968
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121002
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2008-8213 (Electronic)
IS  - 2008-7802 (Print)
IS  - 2008-7802 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Oct
TI  - The effects of cardiac tertiary prevention program after coronary artery bypass 
      graft surgery on health and quality of life.
PG  - 269-74
AB  - OBJECTIVES: Cardiac tertiary prevention programs intend to support the recovery 
      course following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We investigated the 
      effects of attendance at cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs following CABG on 
      patients' mortality, morbidity and health related quality of life. METHODS: 
      Eighty patients who underwent CABG were selected in a way that half of them had 
      attended a cardiac rehabilitation program and the other half had not. Health 
      related quality of life (HRQoL) was measured using the Short Form 36 (SF-36) 
      questionnaire at a mean of 23.4 months postoperatively. Severity of cardiac 
      symptoms on the basis of the New York Health Association (NYHA), the occurrence 
      of any neurological symptoms, hospitalization and restoration of patients to 
      their previous level of performance in social activities were assessed after CABG 
      surgery. RESULTS: There were no deaths. There were no differences in 
      postoperative NYHA scores, neurological symptoms, and hospitalization. Three of 
      the eight health domains measured by SF-36, namely general health (P = 0.010), 
      physical function (P = 0.002), and mental health (P < 0.001), showed 
      significantly better values for attendants than non-attendants. Rehabilitation 
      participants returned to their previous level of performance in social activities 
      more than their control counterparts. CONCLUSIONS: Higher general health scores 
      (SF-36) were associated with attendance at CR programs. The findings of this 
      study provide rationale to consider a broader scope of physiological and 
      psychosocial parameters to predict outcomes of CABG surgery.
FAU - Mosayebi, Azam
AU  - Mosayebi A
AD  - Physiology Research Center, Department of physiology, Isfahan University of 
      Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
FAU - Javanmard, Shaghayegh Haghjooy
AU  - Javanmard SH
FAU - Mirmohamadsadeghi, Mohsen
AU  - Mirmohamadsadeghi M
FAU - Rajabi, Reza
AU  - Rajabi R
FAU - Mostafavi, Samaneh
AU  - Mostafavi S
FAU - Mansourian, Marjan
AU  - Mansourian M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Iran
TA  - Int J Prev Med
JT  - International journal of preventive medicine
JID - 101535380
PMC - PMC3237271
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cardiac rehabilitation
OT  - Coronary artery bypass grafting
OT  - Health related quality of life
COIS- Conflict of interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflict of 
      interest.
EDAT- 2011/12/17 06:00
MHDA- 2011/12/17 06:01
PMCR- 2011/10/01
CRDT- 2011/12/17 06:00
PHST- 2011/05/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/07/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/12/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/12/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/12/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2011/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IJPVM-2-269 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Prev Med. 2011 Oct;2(4):269-74.