title: Quality of Life and Physical Ability Changes After Hospital-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients With Myocardial Infarction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on quality of life (QOL) and physical ability in patients with myocardial infarction (MI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with MI who were referred to the Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation Center 2 weeks after percutaneous coronary intervention were divided into CR and non-CR groups. The CR group performed supervised exercises 3 times a week for 2 months. QOL assessment, using the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and physical ability evaluation were performed at the beginning and end of CR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The CR group demonstrated statistically significant improvements in physical functioning (PF), physical role functioning (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health perceptions (GH), vitality (VT), social role functioning (SF), emotional role functioning (RE), mental health (MH), physical component summary (PCS), and mental component summary (MCS). The non-CR group showed improvement in RP. Secondary outcomes, including resting heart rate (RHR), maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), metabolic equivalent of task (MET), maximal exercise time (ETmax), stage 3 Borg rating of perceived exertion (3RPE), maximal Borg rating of perceived exertion (RPEmax), and stage 3 rate pressure product (3RPP), improved in the CR group. The non-CR group showed improvements in VO2max, MET, ETmax, and 3RPE. There were significant differences in improvements in PF, RP, BP, VT, SF, MH, MCS, RHR, VO2max, MET, ETmax, 3RPE, and 3RPP between the two groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Male patients with MI demonstrated improvements in QOL and physical ability following hospital-based CR; the impact on the mental component was greater than that on the physical component.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Byung Joo
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6385-9256
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Young
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6263-8355
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Go
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Ae Ryung
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3765-3024
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Min
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2174-8742
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.affiliation: Department of Sports Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Korea University, Sejong, Korea.
authors.forename: Minhyuk
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5204-5620
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Heon
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1646-6126
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Hun Sik
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7138-1494
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Du
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1636-8665
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Jung
keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation; Hospital-based home care; Myocardial infarction; Physical fitness; Quality of life