Title

Quality Of Life In Cardiac Patient Research: A Meta-Analysis

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, marital status of subjects, quality-of-life dimension measured, and sample size.

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Publication Title

Nursing Research

Volume

45

Issue

3

Number of Pages

173-180

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1097/00006199-199605000-00009

Socpus ID

0030136804 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0030136804

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