An increase in positive affect during outpatient cardiac rehabilitation was significantly associated with reduced vital exhaustion in men (p < 0.001) but not in women (p = 0.11).
Observational
Does an increase in positive affect during outpatient cardiac rehabilitation predict a decrease in vital exhaustion in patients with coronary heart disease?
An increase in positive affect during outpatient cardiac rehabilitation is associated with reduced vital exhaustion, particularly in men with coronary heart disease.
p-value: p=<0.001
Vital exhaustion is an acknowledged psychosocial risk factor of incident coronary heart disease (CHD) and recurrent CHD events. Little is known about trajectories in vital exhaustion in patients with CHD and the factors predicting this change. We hypothesized that vital exhaustion would decrease during outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and that an increase in positive affect over time would be associated with decreased vital exhaustion at discharge from cardiac rehabilitation. We also explored the role of the patient's sex in this context. Vital exhaustion was reduced during outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, especially in patients who experienced an increase in positive affect over time (p < .001). This relationship was significant in men (p < .001) but not in women (p = .11).
Stauber et al. (Mon,) conducted a observational in Coronary Heart Disease. Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation was evaluated on Change in vital exhaustion (p=<0.001). An increase in positive affect during outpatient cardiac rehabilitation was significantly associated with reduced vital exhaustion in men (p < 0.001) but not in women (p = 0.11).