Health Related Quality of Life and Cardiovascular Risk Factors.
Konstantinos KontoangelosDimitrios SoulisStergios SoulaidopoulosChristos-Konstantinos AntoniouSofia TsioriChristos PapageorgiouSophia MartinakiIraklis MourikisKonstantinos P TsioufisCharalabos PapageorgiouVasiliki KatsiPublished in: Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) (2023)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is associated with deteriorating of quality of life (QOL) and exercise capacity (EC) but less is known on how EC interplays with QOL. The present study explores the relationship between quality of life and cardiovascular risk factors in people who present in cardiology clinics. A total of 153 adult presentations completed the SF-36 Health Survey and provided data for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, obesity, hyperlipidemia and history of coronary heart disease. Physical capacity was assessed by treadmill test. were correlated with the scores of the psychometric questionnaires. Participants with longer duration on treadmill exercise score higher on the scale of physical functioning. The study found that treadmill exercise intensity and duration were associated with improved scores in dimensions of the physical component summary and the physical functioning of SF-36, respectively. The presence of cardiovascular risk factors is related to a decreased quality of life. Patients with cardiovascular diseases should undergo particularly detailed analysis of the quality of life along with specific mental factors such as depersonalization and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- physical activity
- metabolic syndrome
- mental health
- high intensity
- posttraumatic stress disorder
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- primary care
- blood pressure
- resistance training
- body mass index
- electronic health record
- weight loss
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular events
- high fat diet induced