Meyer, K; Suter, C; Laederach-Hofmann, K (2002). [Stress tolerance and quality of life--effect of a comprehensive ambulatory rehabilitation program for patients with chronic heart failure]. Praxis - schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin, 91(38), pp. 1531-9. Bern: Huber
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Chronic heart failure (CHF) impairs quality of life (QoL) much stronger than other chronic diseases. The objective of this evaluation was to assess the effect of a new integrated comprehensive outpatients rehabilitation program on somatic parameters and quality of life in 51 patients with stable CHF. After rehabilitation, left ventricular ejection fraction, NYHA class, and parameters of sub-maximum and maximum exercise capacity improved significantly between 11 and 20%, and 6-minute walking distance by 58% on average (p < 0.0001). Non-disease specific QoL (Short Form-36 questionnaire) improved in only 2 of 8 subscales (physical functioning [effect size 0.38, p < 0.001], and role functioning [effect size 0.17, p < 0.05]), and a mental component score [effect size 0.47, p < 0.0001]. Disease-specific QoL (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire) improved in terms of sum score [effect size 0.24, p < 0.0001], and physical component score [effect size 0.35, p < 0.0001]. Improvement in exercise capacity correlated significantly with improvements in parameters of disease-specific QoL.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition |
UniBE Contributor: |
Laederach, Kurt |
ISSN: |
1661-8157 |
ISBN: |
12369220 |
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Huber |
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English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:01 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:19 |
PubMed ID: |
12369220 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/26702 (FactScience: 86970) |
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