title: [The impact of early cardiological rehabilitation on life quality self-evaluation in patients after acute coronary syndrome].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The group of patients who experienced an acute coronary syndrome and cardiosurgical procedures is diversified with regard to psychological condition. Organic heart disease leads to reduction in their life quality. Comprehensive rehabilitation may result in subjective improvement of patients' life quality.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The main purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in life quality in patients subjected to cardiological rehabilitation at the health resort hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, an abridged version of WHO life quality evaluation protocol (WHOQOL-BREF) has been used both at admittance and discharge. The number of subjects was 65, including 35 male and 30 female who were being treated at the Early Cardiological Rehabilitation Department in Polanica Zdrój in the second half of 2008.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between the beginning and the end of hospitalisation, no significant differences within the whole examined group have been noted. However, significant differences in the life quality evaluation have been observed at both somatic and psychological plane between men and women. Two times higher number of women with increased quality of live evaluation at somatic and psychological plane has been found at the end of the clinical study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rehabilitation performed at the health resort hospital leads to advantageous changes in life quality self-evaluation, especially in women.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Rehabilitacji Kardiologicznej, Szpital Uzdrowiskowy Zdrowie, Zespół Uzdrowisk Kłodzkich SA, 57-320 Polanica-Zdrój. zdrowie@zuk-sa.pl
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cieślik
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szykowska-Styczyrz
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care