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The Impact Of Depression On Treatment Adherence And Cardiorespiratory Fitness In Cardiac Rehabilitation, Sheau-Yan Ho
The Impact Of Depression On Treatment Adherence And Cardiorespiratory Fitness In Cardiac Rehabilitation, Sheau-Yan Ho
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Major depression and coronary heart disease are two strongly linked, major causes of death and disability. After an acute coronary event, many patients are referred to cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a medically supervised exercise intervention and lifestyle training program. Depression may partially account for poor CR adherence and resulting cardiovascular problems in patients with a history of heart disease; however, underlying mechanisms through which depression impacts cardiac functioning are not well understood. The current project tests a theoretical model in which CR adherence (i.e., number of CR sessions attended) mediates the relation between baseline depression and cardiorespiratory fitness after CR. A …