Factors associated with work resumption: a 5 year follow-up with cardiac patients
| Autor: | B Rauch, A Kaiser, G Jansen, Michael Myrtek |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Work medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Alcohol Drinking Heart Diseases Office Visits medicine.medical_treatment Physical fitness Work Capacity Evaluation Disease Job Satisfaction Electrocardiography Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Psychological testing Myocardial infarction Socioeconomic status Analysis of Variance Psychological Tests Rehabilitation business.industry Body Weight Smoking Hemodynamics Life satisfaction Middle Aged medicine.disease Socioeconomic Factors Physical Fitness Exercise Test Physical therapy Female Job satisfaction Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cardiology. 59:291-297 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0167-5273(97)02925-2 |
| Popis: | Physiological and psychological parameters of 41 cardiac patients who retired after an inpatient rehabilitation treatment in Germany were compared with those of 41 patients (matched exactly according to sex, age, and diagnosis) who worked after a 5 year follow-up. Both samples were selected from a large pool of 733 consecutive cardiac patients participating in the rehabilitation program with follow-ups at 1, 3 and 5 years. The following physiological parameters were assessed: clinical characteristics such as biochemical variables and functional parameters of the left ventricle, performance and electrocardiogram during ergometric exercise, and medication. Psychological parameters assessed with questionnaires comprised: life satisfaction, physical complaints, and illness behavior, socioeconomic and anamnestic data. No substantial differences were observed for medical data, but psychological parameters showed striking differences. Retired patients were characterized by lower work satisfaction, complaints of being more handicapped by the disease, higher 'propensity for pension', more frequent complaints concerning their general state of health, and lower education level. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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