Burnout is associated with poor recovery of physical performance and low quality of life in patients after their first episode of acute coronary syndrome: A hospital-based prospective cohort study

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• 作者：Min Zhang^a ; ^{minniech2003@21cn.com} ; Yunke Shi^a ; Yanfei Yang^b ; Ling Liu^a ; Jianming Xiao^a ; Tuo Guo^a ; Jian Li^c
• 关键词：Burnout ; Physical recovery ; Quality of life ; Acute coronary syndrome
• 刊名：International Journal of Cardiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：15 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：227
• 期：Complete
• 页码：503-507
• 全文大小：496 K
• 卷排序：227

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“Burnout” is an affective response that is different to depression or anxiety. Studies on the relationship between burnout and physical recovery after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the long-term are lacking, hence the rationale of this study.MethodsParticipants were patients after their first onset of ACS divided into the high burnout group (HBG) and low burnout group (LBG) based on the upper quartile of their burnout score on the day before discharge. At three times (1 month, 6 months, and 1 year) after ACS, participants were scheduled for assessment of physical function and quality of life (QoL). To determine the association between burnout and physical function at different times, as well as for burnout and the QoL scores, generalized estimating equations were conducted.ResultsOf the 208 participants, 68 participants were assigned to HBG, and 140 were assigned to LBG. QoL scores in both groups at three times showed that HBG had lower scores than LBG (p < 0.01). HBG had lower physical scores at three times (z = 7.28, p < 0.001). Even after adjustment for confounding factors (age, sex, marital status, socioeconomic status, cigarette/alcohol consumption, ACS type, Killip class upon hospital admission), the difference was significant (z = 7.78, p < 0.001).ConclusionsPatients with high burnout have poor physical recovery and low quality of life after ACS.