Adding life to years.
Heart disease is one of the most
common diseases in the Western world
and affects patients in various ways.
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The key to interpreting patient-reported health-related quality of life scores for use in person-centered healthcare approaches in clinical practice is having reference data to place the scores in the context of a meaningful reference group. Norms for the MacNew, generated on 1.506 English-speaking Australian patients with IHD, have been available since 2002. Based on an international sample of 6.130 adult patients with angina, or MI or heart failure living in 22 countries an update to MacNew reference data have been provided.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials confirms that cardiac rehabilitation produces significant gains in the physical component of health-related quality of life at six months — with the MacNew and HeartQoL serving as the disease-specific instruments of choice.
A South Korean randomized controlled trial finds that maximal-intensity interval training delivers greater improvements in exercise capacity and MacNew quality of life than traditional high-intensity interval training in patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction.