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CARDIAC REHABILITATION ITS POTENTIAL IN THE EARLY PREVENTION OF DISABILITY AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Author(s) -
Schiller Eric
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb103529.x
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , myocardial infarction , medicine , physical therapy , depression (economics) , anxiety , hospital anxiety and depression scale , rating scale , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cardiology , psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction is presented as a comprehensive approach to the patient. Case reports and a short account of the methods used and results achieved in a cardiac rehabilitation unit illustrate this approach. Using a previously developed numerical rating scale for predicting return to work after myocardial infarction, a prospective controlled study of early rehabilitation which has now started is described. The objects of the study include the validation of the rating scale when used during the acute phase of the disease; an assessment of the value of early rehabilitation in returning the patient to suitable work; an evaluation of the financial cost of the heart attack to the patient; and objective psychological testing of patients for anxiety and depression in hospital and after recovery.