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The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris

BACKGROUND: The complicated concept of quality of life (QOL) has been considered as an important criterion for health outcomes in chronic diseases, such as heart disease, in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the QOL of patients with angina pectoris after treatment with enhanced ext...

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Autores principales: Ziaeirad, Marzieh, Ziaei, Gholam Reza, Sadeghi, Narges, Motaghi, Minoo, Torkan, Behnaz
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23493242
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author Ziaeirad, Marzieh
Ziaei, Gholam Reza
Sadeghi, Narges
Motaghi, Minoo
Torkan, Behnaz
author_facet Ziaeirad, Marzieh
Ziaei, Gholam Reza
Sadeghi, Narges
Motaghi, Minoo
Torkan, Behnaz
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description BACKGROUND: The complicated concept of quality of life (QOL) has been considered as an important criterion for health outcomes in chronic diseases, such as heart disease, in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the QOL of patients with angina pectoris after treatment with enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 64 patients with angina pectoris undergoing EECP who came to Shahid Chamran and Sina Hospitals in Isfahan. Sampling was performed by the convenient method. Data were collected using a questionnaire containing socio-demographic and clinical data. A standard questionnaire called 36-item Short-Form Health Survey was also used. Questionnaires were completed through interviews and phone calls in three stages (before, immediately and three months after the treatment). The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (paired t-test and repeated measures test) in SPSS(11.5). FINDINGS: The obtained results demonstrated that the majority of patients were men (59.4%) and aged 56-71 years. In addition, 57.8% had hypertension and 56.3% had hyperlipidemia. A history of myocardial infarction was found in 70.3% of the subjects and the familial history of coronary artery disease was detected in73.4%. Although QOL evaluations showed improvements in all subscales immediately and three months after the treatment, the changes were not statistically significant in case of general health, role limitations due to physical problems and role limitations due to mental problems CONCLUSIONS: Similar to previous research, this study showed QOL to improve in patients who undergo EECP. This improvement will remain stable three months after the treatment in all subscales. Therefore, EECP is an efficient noninvasive method in treating patients with angina pectoris and in developing their QOL.
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spelling pubmed-35906942013-03-14 The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris Ziaeirad, Marzieh Ziaei, Gholam Reza Sadeghi, Narges Motaghi, Minoo Torkan, Behnaz Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res Original Article BACKGROUND: The complicated concept of quality of life (QOL) has been considered as an important criterion for health outcomes in chronic diseases, such as heart disease, in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the QOL of patients with angina pectoris after treatment with enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 64 patients with angina pectoris undergoing EECP who came to Shahid Chamran and Sina Hospitals in Isfahan. Sampling was performed by the convenient method. Data were collected using a questionnaire containing socio-demographic and clinical data. A standard questionnaire called 36-item Short-Form Health Survey was also used. Questionnaires were completed through interviews and phone calls in three stages (before, immediately and three months after the treatment). The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (paired t-test and repeated measures test) in SPSS(11.5). FINDINGS: The obtained results demonstrated that the majority of patients were men (59.4%) and aged 56-71 years. In addition, 57.8% had hypertension and 56.3% had hyperlipidemia. A history of myocardial infarction was found in 70.3% of the subjects and the familial history of coronary artery disease was detected in73.4%. Although QOL evaluations showed improvements in all subscales immediately and three months after the treatment, the changes were not statistically significant in case of general health, role limitations due to physical problems and role limitations due to mental problems CONCLUSIONS: Similar to previous research, this study showed QOL to improve in patients who undergo EECP. This improvement will remain stable three months after the treatment in all subscales. Therefore, EECP is an efficient noninvasive method in treating patients with angina pectoris and in developing their QOL. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3590694/ /pubmed/23493242 Text en Copyright: © Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ziaeirad, Marzieh
Ziaei, Gholam Reza
Sadeghi, Narges
Motaghi, Minoo
Torkan, Behnaz
The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris
title The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris
title_full The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris
title_fullStr The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris
title_full_unstemmed The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris
title_short The effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris
title_sort effects of enhanced external counterpulsation on health-related quality of life in patients with angina pectoris
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3590694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23493242
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