title: Functional recovery and exercise behavior in men and women 5 to 6 years following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
abstract: Improvement following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been reported to be less in women than men. Relationships between exercise behavior and functional status of men and women 5 to 6 years after CABG have not been examined in a representative patient sample. This study compared the 5- to 6-year recovery in a cohort of 184 patients at the Minnesota site of the Post CABG Biobehavioral Study. Data were collected by telephone interview and self-administered questionnaires. Results showed that women had lower physical ( p </=.004) and social ( p=.001) functioning scores; men were more likely to participate in regular exercise ( p =.01). Exercisers had higher functional status scores. ANCOVA demonstrated that differences in measures of functional status by exercise category were maintained even after controlling for age, sex, and symptom severity ( p </=.01). In conclusion, individuals who exercised had more positive functional outcomes 5 to 6 years post-CABG.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis 55455, USA. treat001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Treat-Jacobson
authors.forename: Ruth A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lindquist
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D017678:Sex Distribution; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric