ABSTRACT

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation deals with optimizing function in patients with heart disease or current cardiac surgery.

Aim: To determine the outcome of cardiac rehabilitation in improving quality of life in women of ischemic heart disease. Study design: Randomized controlled trial.

Methodology: Patients (n=74) were enrolled in present study held at University Teaching Hospital, University of Lahore & Punjab Institute of Cardiology, as a reference placement for 6 months. Informed consent was taken from all of them. Data analyzed by SPSS 22.0v.

Results: The mean age of the patients was 49.11±3.96 years. The mean post back depression inventory score in cardiac rehabilitation group was 10.24±6.19 while in conventional group was 19.57±7.08 (p-value=<0.001). Among cardiac rehabilitation group the mean post SF 36 was 66.43±9.69 while in conventional group was 56.22±10.88 (p-value=<0.001).

Conclusion: This study concluded that cardiac rehabilitation greatly improves the quality of life of patients with ischemic heart disease following traditional rehabilitation compared to the conventional group.

Keywords: Cardiac Rehabilitation, Ischemic Heart Disease, Quality of life and SF-36.