Relationship of Initial Level of Distress to Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life During Cardiac Rehabilitation or Usual Care
- 1 October 2007
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Psychosomatic Medicine
- Vol. 69 (8) , 793-797
- https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0b013e318156bcd2
Abstract
Objectives: To assess the relationship between changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and initial levels of distress in cardiac patients who received multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation (CR) or usual care. High rates of psychological distress have been reported in cardiac patients.Keywords
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