L'impact de la readaptation cardiaque sur la qualite de vie apres un pontage aorto-coronaire : Une etude belge

The aim of this study was to measure the quality of life of coronary artery bypass surgery patients enrolled or not in a rehabilitation program. The study was prospective and longitudinal and used patients’ self selection as the allocation strategy to constitute the two groups: rehabilitation and no-rehabilitation. Forty first coronary bypass surgery patients (38 men and 2 women, mean age 59 +/-8) were recruited from four hospitals in a French area of Belgium. Patients were evaluated before and after surgery with: the Quality of Life Systemic Inventory (QLSI), the Beck Depression Inventory, the State Anxiety Inventory, a somatic symptoms questionnaire, a physical activities questionnaire, and a medical questionnaire. Both groups improved on the QLSI global score of quality of life, but the effect size (eta squared) was greater in the rehab group (0.5) compared to the no rehab group (0.25