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Publication of the Medical Rehabilitation is under the auspices of the Committee on Rehabilitation, Physical Education and Social Integration of the Polish Academy of Science
Article
Medical Rehabilitation - quarterly journal
Volume 6 year 2002, Issue number 1
Quality of life in relation to cardiac rehabilitation
Authors: Jan Tylka
Medical Rehabilitation 2002; 6(1): 52-56
Quality of life in relation to cardiac rehabilitation
Jakość życia w odniesieniu do rehabilitacji kardiologicznej
Jan Tylka
Zakład Rehabilitacji Instytutu Kardiologii w Warszawie
Key words
quality of life, rehabilitation, heart disease
Summary
In this review the importance of assessment of the quality of life is emphasized and the examples of research papers related to quality of life testing in cardiac rehabilitation patients are described. The relations between risk factors, stage of disease, patients gender and quality of life is shown. The psychological and sociological conditions of quality of life in cardiac patients are described.