Key result
An 8-week exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program significantly reduced the general level of negative emotions from 67.8 to 63.9 points in post-myocardial infarction patients under 60 years of age.
Why the study?
Hostility, anger, and aggression are psychosocial risk factors for coronary heart disease, motivating an evaluation of the effect of physical training on negative emotions, disease adaptation, and physical capacity after MI.
Does an 8-week exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program improve negative emotions, disease perception, and physical capacity in post-MI patients?
Observational (n=60)
No
Does an 8-week exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program improve negative emotions, disease perception, and physical capacity in post-MI patients?
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Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation without psychological intervention significantly reduces negative emotions and improves disease adaptation in younger post-MI patients.
OBJECTIVE: Aim: Hostility and its behavioral components, anger and aggression are psychosocial risk factors for coronary heart disease. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of physical training on the level of negative emotions, the cognitive aspect of adaptation to disease and physical capacity in patients after MI who participated in cardiac rehabilitation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and Methods: We enrolled 60 post-MI men and women in the study. They underwent an 8-week training program. Before and after completion of trainings patients underwent exercise test and a psychological examination.The Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire were performed with results analysis in the entire group and in subgroups of men, women, patients under 60 years of age (younger) and over 60 years of age (older). RESULTS: Results: After rehabilitation a significant reduction in the general level of negative emotions was found in younger: 67.8±4.6 vs 63.9±3.7 points (p< 0.01). Similarly, a significant reduction in the sense of the impact of the disease on life was found only in younger 6.96±0.5 vs 5.48±0.5 points (p<0.01). There was a significant improvement in overall adaptation to the disease in women from 40.6±2.2 to 35.7±1.9 points (p < 0.05).Moreover,patients with higher levels of negative emotions had more difficulty adapting to the disease r=0.361, p<0.01. Physical capacity increased significantly in all groups. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: Participating in cardiac rehabilitation improved physical capacity, beneficially contributed to a decrease in negative emotions and had a positive effect on disease adaptation but only in younger post -MI patients.
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Korzeniowska‐Kubacka et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Myocardial Infarction (n=60). Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation vs. Baseline (pre-rehabilitation) was evaluated on General level of negative emotions in patients <60 years (p=<0.01). An 8-week exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation program significantly reduced the general level of negative emotions from 67.8 to 63.9 points in post-myocardial infarction patients under 60 years of age.
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