Cardiac rehabilitation programme and it’s effect on quality of life of myocardial infarction patients at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan
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Date
2007
Authors
Mamat @ Mohamed, Zakira
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Abstract
This cohort study was done to determine the quality of life of
myocardial infarction patients at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)
before and after undergoing three months of cardiac rehabilitation. Eighty
patients with myocardial infarction admitted to the Coronary Care Unit HUSM
were selected using purposive sampling. Quality of life status were measured
by interviewing patients, using both the generic Short Form 36 (SF36) and the
disease specific Quality Of Live After Myocardial Infarction (QLMI)
questionnaires before and after the cardiac rehabilitation programme. The
pre and post scores of both SF 36 and QLMI were analysed for any change in
the quality of life scores after three months of rehabilitation. The results
showed that the quality of life of patients in general (SF36) before and after
undergoing the cardiac rehabilitation programme were generally low, with a
mean score of 78.8 before cardiac rehabilitation and 83.2 after cardiac
rehabilitation, giving a difference of 4.41, which was statistically not significant
(p= 0.24). The quality of life after myocardial infarction (QLMI) mean scores
were higher at pre rehabilitation, (48.9) while the post rehabilitation mean
score was 46.4, giving a negative difference of -2.49 (p=0.52). It was
concluded that the quality of life of myocardial infarction patients in HUSM
after three months rehabilitation was still low and that the cardiac
rehabilitation programme did not significantly improve their quality of life. The
cardiac rehabilitation programme should be reviewed to furthur improve the
quality of life of myocardial infarction patients in Hospital USM.
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Medical science , Cardiac rehabilitation , Myocardial infarction