Alishba Mustansar, Rabiya Noor, Sajid Mahmood, Tayyaba Yaqoob, Waqas Latif, Talha Laique.
Outcome of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Improving Quality of Life among Women Having IHD: a Randomized Controlled Trail.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;15(1):488-90.

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.

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