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Health-Related Quality of Life is Associated with Positive Affect in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Entering Cardiac Rehabilitation

Stauber, Stefanie ; Schmid, Jean-Paul ; Saner, Hugo ; Znoj, Hansjörg ; Saner, Gaby ; Grolimund, Johannes ; von Känel, Roland

In: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 2013, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 79-87

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    Titre
    • Health-Related Quality of Life is Associated with Positive Affect in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease Entering Cardiac Rehabilitation
    Auteur
    • Stauber, Stefanie. Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
    • Schmid, Jean-Paul. University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Saner, Hugo. University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Znoj, Hansjörg. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Saner, Gaby. University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Grolimund, Johannes. University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • von Känel, Roland. Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Psychosomatic Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, 3010, Bern, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 2013, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 79-87. Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:310050
    Summary
    Health-related quality of life (QoL) is an important and widely used outcome measure in cardiac populations. We examined the relationship between positive affect and health-related quality of life, controlling for traditional cardiovascular risk factors, clinical variables and negative affect. We further investigated the role of gender in this relationship given the well-known gender differences in cardiovascular health. We enrolled 746 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) before they entered outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. All patients completed the Global Mood Scale and the SF-36 Health Survey. Positive affect was independently associated with mental (p<.001) and physical QoL (p<.001) after controlling for control variables. Gender moderated the relationship between positive affect and physical QoL (p=.009) but not mental QoL (p=.60). Positive affect was positively associated with physical QoL in men (p<.001) but not in women (p=.44). The health-related QoL of patients with CHD is associated with a person's level of positive affect