title: The prediction of psycho-social adjustment subsequent to cardiac insult.
abstract: Cardiovascular patients comprise a sizable proportion of the national population of the disabled. The relevant literature emphasized the importance of developing predictors of outcome in the recovery process. Evidence suggests that a matrix comprised of psychological, physiological, and sociodemographic factors is associated both with the development of and subsequent reaction to cardiac insult. In a cardiovascular patient sample, a series of predictive equations was derived that relates concurrent physiological, psychological and sociodemographic variables to a measure of later adjustment. The multiple regression equation was derived from data obtained from a sample (N = 20) of patients seen by the Cardiac Work Evaluation Unit of a large University medical center. Cross-validation indicated that the equation accounted for a large proportion of the predictable variation.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011336:Probability; D011594:Psychometrics; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012917:Social Adjustment