Health-related quality of life in elderly cardiac patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation and the association with exercise capacity: The EU-CaRE study.
Ingunn Eklo KjesbuKirstine L SibilitzJanne PetersenVital J G HoubenMatthias WilhelmCarlos Pena-GilMarie Christine IliouUwe ZeymerDiego ArdissinoArnoud W J Van 't HofAstrid E van der VeldeEd P de KluiverEva PrescottPublished in: European journal of preventive cardiology (2024)
Improvements in exercise capacity was strongly associated with improvements in HRQoL and mental health, however with stronger associations in men. The results highlight the importance of physical fitness for HRQol and mental health. The findings from this study might be useful to better target individual CR programs.