Psychological State after an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Impact of Physical Limitations release_xpzatx6nl5cphai5kank6bdvqa

by Miguel-Angel Serrano, Eva León, Cristina Giglio, Salvador Boix-Vilella, Antonio Moreno-Tenas, Lidia Pamies-Auabalat, Vicente Ignacio Arrarte Esteban

Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health by MDPI AG.

2021   Volume 18, Issue 12, p6473

Abstract

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.
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