title: Predictors of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Myocardial Infarction.
abstract: This cross-sectional correlational study aimed to examine health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its predictors among patients with myocardial infarction (MI). One hundred and twenty-eight outpatients with MI were recruited from a university hospital. The 12-item Short-Form Health Survey version 2, Myocardial Infarction Dimensional Assessment Scale (MIDAS), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used to measure the study variables. Compared with the findings of similar studies of patients with MI, this sample, despite having significant coronary risk factors, reported generally better HRQoL. Predictors of physical HRQoL included low monthly household income, whereas predictors of mental HRQoL included ex-smoker, alcohol use, hypertension, anxiety, and depression. Special attention may need to be given to those people with a low income level, who are ex-smokers, use alcohol, or have hypertension, anxiety, or depression.
authors.affiliation: National University of Singapore, Singapore nurww@nus.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Wenru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Aloysius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.affiliation: Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.affiliation: National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Yanika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kowitlawakul
authors.affiliation: National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Hong-Gu
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012846:Singapore
keywords: Singapore; health-related quality of life; myocardial infarction; predictors