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Psychological State after an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Impact of Physical Limitations

Título :
Psychological State after an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Impact of Physical Limitations
Autor :
Pamies-Aubalat, Lidia  
Serrano-Rosa, Miguel Ángel
León-Zarceño, Eva
Giglio, Cristina
Boix-Vilella, Salvador
Moreno-Tenas, Antonio
Arrarte, Vicente
Editor :
MDPI
Departamento:
Departamentos de la UMH::Ciencias del Comportamiento y salud
Fecha de publicación:
2021
URI :
https://hdl.handle.net/11000/31301
Resumen :
The aim of this study was to investigate how physical limitations after ACS influence patients’ quality of life and health perception. This was a longitudinal clinical study. We recruited 146 patients diagnosed with ACS. The patients performed a stress test (Bruce’s protocol) for the evaluation of physical limitations and were classified according to the test result: without physical limitations (more than 10 METS), with some physical limitations (7 to 9 METS), and with high physical limitations (less than 6 METS). Significant differences were found between the three groups immediately after the diagnosis of ACS and after a period of three months, regarding health perception, anxiety, depression, sexual relationships, distress, and adjustment to disease. These differences resulted larger between the group with less limitations and the group with higher limitations. After 3 months, however, there was an overall improvement in all variables. In conclusion, physical limitations after ACS seem to influence perceived quality of life determined by measuring general health, vitality, total adaptation, emotional role, social adaptation, depression, and anxiety. Therefore, the highest the physical limitations, the poorer the psychological conditions and vice versa, even 3 months after ACS diagnosis.
Palabras clave/Materias:
acute coronary syndrome
physical limitations
psychological factors
patient perception
quality of life
Área de conocimiento :
CDU: Filosofía y psicología: Psicología
Tipo documento :
application/pdf
Derechos de acceso:
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126473
Aparece en las colecciones:
Artículos Ciencias del Comportamiento y Salud



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