Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Reassessment of quality of life domains in patients with compensated Chagas heart failure after participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program

  • Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano,
  • Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes,
  • Vivian Liane Mattos Pinto,
  • Paula Simplício da Silva,
  • Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno,
  • Andrea Silvestre de Sousa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0429-2016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 3
pp. 404 – 407

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Abstract INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the effects of a cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life. METHODS This secondary analysis of a single-arm study included 12 patients with Chagas heart failure. The cardiac rehabilitation program comprised exercise training and nutritional and pharmaceutical counseling. Quality of life was assessed using the SF-36 questionnaire. RESULTS: The program promoted improved physical functioning (β= +5.7; p=0.003), role-physical (β= +1.9; p=0.03), and bodily pain (β= +3.5; p=0.02) scores. Moreover, the summary physical health score (β= +1.4; p=0.001) improved. CONCLUSION: The cardiac rehabilitation program significantly improved the physical quality of life of patients with Chagas heart failure.

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