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Low income predicted physical HRQoL, whereas being an ex-smoker, alcohol use, hypertension, anxiety, and depression predicted mental HRQoL among 128 outpatients with myocardial infarction.
Cross-Sectional (n=128)
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Among outpatients with a history of myocardial infarction, physical quality of life is primarily predicted by socioeconomic factors like income, while mental quality of life is influenced by lifestyle factors and psychiatric comorbidities.
Socioeconomic and psychiatric factors may influence post-MI HRQoL but should not yet alter care; leaves open causal links and intervention targets.
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.
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Wang et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Myocardial Infarction (n=128). Sociodemographic and clinical risk factors was evaluated on Health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Low income predicted physical HRQoL, whereas being an ex-smoker, alcohol use, hypertension, anxiety, and depression predicted mental HRQoL among 128 outpatients with myocardial infarction.
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