Predictors of physical and mental health-related quality of life outcomes among myocardial infarction patients
Hawkes, Anna L., Patrao, Tania A., Ware, Robert, Atherton, John J., Taylor, Craig B., and Oldenburg, Brian F. (2013) Predictors of physical and mental health-related quality of life outcomes among myocardial infarction patients. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 13. 69. pp. 1-9.
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Abstract
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome for patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease. This report describes predictors of physical and mental HRQoL at six months post-hospitalisation for myocardial infarction.
Methods: Participants were myocardial infarction patients (n=430) admitted to two tertiary referral centres in Brisbane, Australia who completed a six month coronary heart disease secondary prevention trial (ProActive Heart). Outcome variables were HRQoL (Short Form-36) at six months, including a physical and mental summary score. Baseline predictors included demographics and clinical variables, health behaviours, and psychosocial variables. Stepwise forward multiple linear regression analyses were used to identify significant independent predictors of six month HRQoL.
Results: Physical HRQoL was lower in participants who: were older (p<0.001); were unemployed (p=0.03); had lower baseline physical and mental HRQoL scores (p<0.001); had lower confidence levels in meeting sufficient physical activity recommendations (p<0.001); had no intention to be physically active in the next six months (p<0.001); and were more sedentary (p=0.001). Mental HRQoL was lower in participants who: were younger (p=0.01); had lower baseline mental HRQoL (p<0.001); were more sedentary (p=0.01) were depressed (p<0.001); and had lower social support (p=0.001).
Conclusions: This study has clinical implications as identification of indicators of lower physical and mental HRQoL outcomes for myocardial infarction patients allows for targeted counselling or coronary heart disease secondary prevention efforts.
| Item ID: | 32968 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2261 |
| Keywords: | myocardial infarction, secondary prevention, cardiac rehabilitation, telephone-delivered, health-related quality of life, health coaching, tele-health |
| Additional Information: | Copyright © 2013 Hawkes et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Funders: | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
| Projects and Grants: | National Health and Medical Research Council (443222) |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2014 09:51 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1102 Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology > 110201 Cardiology (incl Cardiovascular Diseases) @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920103 Cardiovascular System and Diseases @ 100% |
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