Abstract
Background:
Pulmonary rehabilitation is considered the standard of care for patients who have lung diseases or lung disease. Pulmonary rehabilitation is aimed to decrease symptoms, improve functional status, and improve quality of life. Limited studies have examined the effects of the rehabilitation programs on psychosocial factors such as stress, depression, anxiety, and social isolation. Purpose: This study evaluated the effect of the rehabilitation programs on the preceding psychosocial factors
Results:
For the Cardiac group, there were significant changes in all PRFS scores (total distress score, depression, anxiety, hostility, and social isolation) from intake to discharge (P < 0.05). For the pulmonary group, there were significant decreases in psychosocial scores (total distress score, depression, anxiety, and hostility) from intake to discharge (P < 0.05). The change in social isolation score was not significant (P >.05).
Conclusions:
Rehabilitation programs are effective in decreasing the psychosocial scores for the pulmonary and cardiac patients. Further studies with larger sample sizes with a control group are needed to generalize the findings in this study.
*paired test p-values given *paired t-test done View all access options for this article.Table.1 Comparing the Pre and Post values for PRFS Scores for the Pulmonary Group: Change from Intake to discharge (Discharge Values – Intake Values)
Mean (SD)
P value
PRFS Total Distress Score
-2.32 (7.11)
<.0001
PRFS Depression
-2.98 (7.22)
<.0001
PRFS Anxiety
-2.37 (7.45)
<.0001
PRFS Hostility
-1.20 (6.98)
0.008
PRFS Social Isolation
-0.52 (8.21)
0.323
Table.2 Comparing the Pre and Post values for PRFS Scores for the Cardiac Patients: Change from Intake to discharge (Discharge Values – Intake Values)
Mean (SD)
P value
PRFS Total Distress Score
-02.26 (7.33)
<0.0001
PRFS Depression
-02.31 (6.72)
<0.0001
PRFS Anxiety
-02.22 (7.18)
<0.0001
PRFS Hostility
-01.52 (7.31)
0.0001
PRFS Social Isolation
-00.78 (7.34)
0.0447
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