title: Personal characteristics, health status, physical activity, and quality of life in cardiac rehabilitation participants.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between personal factors, health status, and adherence to physical activity behavior, and quality of life in cardiac rehabilitation participants. The record of 146 subjects, who met inclusion criteria were obtained from the University Cardiac Rehabilitation Database. Change scores in physical activity were used as a proxy for adherence. Participants who were categorized as not working, female gender, and at high-risk health status had lower means and lower improvement scores from repeated measures analysis of variance. This study found that some personal factors and health status are significant factors influencing the participant's adherence to physical activity recommendations and quality of life in this cardiac rehabilitation program.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Washington, Box 357266, Seattle, WA 98195-7266, USA. msin@pcnet.pcnet.ro
authors.forename: Mo-Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sin
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weaver
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giger
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pemberton
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klapow
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006304:Health Status; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data