Title

Quality Of Life In Cardiac Patient Research: A Meta Analysis

Authors

Authors

M. R. Kinney; S. N. Burfitt; E. Stullenbarger; B. Rees;M. R. DeBolt

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Nurs. Res.

Keywords

CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ACUTE; MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION; OF-LIFE; DOUBLE-BLIND; ESSENTIAL-HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL-TRIALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD-PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER; Nursing

Abstract

This article reports a meta-analysis of 84 studies of quality of life (QOL) in cardiac patient populations published in the 5-year period 1987-1991. Selected methodologies and substantive characteristics of the studies are described. An overall effect size of 31 indicated a small but significant positive effect of pharmacologic, mechanical, surgical, nursing, or other treatment on QOL. No negative effect of treatment was found for any cardiovascular diagnostic category. Homogeneity analysis revealed eight potential moderators of the overall effect size: quality of study, gender of sample, time dimension, sampling method, intervention, martial status of subjects, quality-of-life dimension measured, and sample size.

Journal Title

Nursing Research

Volume

45

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Document Type

Review

Language

English

First Page

173

Last Page

180

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1996UP08200010

ISSN

0029-6562

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