Psychosocial outcome in cardiovascular rehabilitation of peripheral artery disease and coronary artery disease patients
Abstract
We investigated patients with a primary diagnosis of peripheral artery disease (n = 69) and coronary heart disease (CAD; n = 520) at baseline and on changes in psychosocial risk factors (depression, anxiety, quality of life, negative and positive affect) during a cardiovascular rehabilitation program. Patients completed psychosocial questionnaires at the beginning and at discharge of a 12-week rehabilitation program. Depression and anxiety were measured with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), positive and negative affect with the Global Mood Scale, and health-related quality of life with the SF-36 Health Survey. Patients with PAD showed improvements in anxiety (p < 0.001), negative affect (p < 0.001) and bodily pain (p < 0.001). Patients with CAD reported significant improvements in all measured dimensions (all p-values < 0.001).
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- Authors
- Stauber, S., Guéra, V., Barth, J., Schmid, J. P., Saner, H., Znoj, H., Grolimund, J., & von Känel, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Bern (CH)
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Venue
- Vascular Medicine
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 257-262
- ISSN
- 1358-863X (ISSN-L)
- 1477-0377
- OpenAlex
- W2128362972
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 2.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Vascular Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Peripheral Artery Disease Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Keywords
- psychosocial outcomes, cardiac rehabilitation, peripheral arterial disease, coronary artery disease, depression, anxiety, health-related quality of life, positive and negative affect, bodily pain, psychosocial risk factors
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Aged, Anxiety, Coronary Artery Disease, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychology, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Switzerland, Treatment Outcome, Peripheral Arterial Disease
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