The number of patients with acute myocardial infarction in China has been increasing rapidly every year, and the success rate of rescue of acute myocardial infarction in China has been increasing year by year. However, literature reports1,2 show that the quality of life of patients after acute myocardial infarction is uneven, affecting their physiological, psychological, and even social adaptation functions. Lack of exercise rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) directly affects the short-term quality of life of patients and gradually causes serious complications such as recurrence of myocardial infarction and sudden death. Therefore, this study focused on the relationship between early exercise rehabilitation and the short-term quality of life of patients after PCI and combined the
The upper body imitates the “Lu Di” in the deer play to move the waist and strengthen the waist and bones. The lower body imitates the “Deer Run” in the deer play to exercise the strength of the lower limbs, soothe the liver, and expel the breath. The flank is the area of the liver meridian and the area where the liver is. It can play the role of soothing the liver and regulating the breath, so as to relieve and eliminate anxiety and other adverse psychological emotions.
The fourth edition of the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction was jointly formulated by European Society of Cardiology (ESC), American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart Association (AHA), and World Heart Federation (WHF) in 2018.4
For PCI surgical criteria, refer to the Chinese Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (2016).5
The following cases were included in the study: (1) patients admitted to Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from August 2020 to November 2020 and diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction by physicians; (2) patients who were 20–80 years old; (3) patients who had clear consciousness, had normal audiovisual function, and could successfully cooperate with the completion of the subject; and (4) patients who had signed the informed consent for the project.
The following cases were excluded from the study: (1) patients with complicated severe organic heart and brain diseases; (2) patients with severe hepatic and renal dysfunction; (3) patients with malignant tumors; (4) pregnant or lactating women; (5) people suffering from mental illness; (6) patients who had difficulty in body movement; (7) patients with incomplete medical history records; (8) patients whose condition worsened or with other symptoms that affected the observation of the test results; (9) patients in the experimental group who did not take rehabilitation exercise or did not upload a video for more than 3 d in total; and (10) those unwilling to continue to participate in the research.
A total of 110 patients with acute myocardial infarction in the recovery stage who met the above criteria were admitted to Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from August 2020 to November 2020.
Nurses in the cardiovascular department assessed the ward containing PCI postoperative Wk 1 patients; evaluation was done with reference to the 2016 edition of the expert consensus on postoperative exercise rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary intervention”,6 to conform to the inclusion criteria. The patients should have signed informed consent and were divided into regular nursing instruction (control) group and
The control group was given routine treatments and nursing, instructed to quit smoking, use bronchodilators, inhale glucocorticoids, take expectorants, and oxygen therapy. At the same time, in conjunction with the routine rehabilitation exercise of lip contraction breathing and abdominal breathing, the patients took a standing position, gently pressed their abdomen with their hands, their mouth shaped like a fish’s mouth, slowly tried to exhale all the air, and then inhaled through their nose, with an inhaling/exhaling ratio of 1:2 to 1:3, with the frequency maintained at 7–8 times/min. This was done once in the morning and once in the evening, for 30 min each time.
We also established a WeChat group for the experimental group and included all the patients in that group. The patients were required to upload the videos of their daily rehabilitation exercises to the WeChat group. If the video was not uploaded that day, the nurse would remind and supervise the patients. If patients had other disease-related questions, they were allowed to ask, and the nurse would reply on the same day. The specific actions of the patients were as follows.
1. The patients bent the knee on the right leg, sat back, extended the left leg forward, slightly bent the left knee, and stepped on the left foot. Extended the left hand forward, slightly bent the left arm, palm of the left hand to the right, right hand on the inside of the left elbow, palm of the right hand to the left. 2. Both arms were in front of the body at the same time with counterclockwise rotation, the left hand rotation around the ring was bigger than that of the right hand, at the same time to pay attention to the waist, hip, and caudosacral part of the counterclockwise rotation, gradually transitioning to the waist, hip, and caudosacral part of the rotation to drive the rotation of the arms.
The action was the same as the left type, but the direction was opposite from left to right, and the rotation direction around the ring is also different.
Held and extended hands slowly up and down on the sides until the upper arms were fully extended over their head and the fingers were naturally spread. At the same time, made a sound of “Heh, Heh” in their mouth.
Coronary Revascularization Outcome Questionnaire (CROQ) was used in this study (Table 1). The CROQ is the only quality-of-life scale that has undergone rigorous psychological testing and can be used to evaluate patients after coronary revascularization. Previous studies have shown that the reliability of Coronary Revascularization Outcome Questionnaire-Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty-post (CROQ-PTCA-POST) scale is 0.798 - 0.937, and it has good validity,7 which can be popularized and used in the clinic.
CROQ quality-of-life scoring criteria.
Dimension | Number of entries | Theoretical score |
---|---|---|
Symptom score | 7 | 7–35 |
Body score | 8 | 8–24 |
Cognitive function | 3 | 3–18 |
Psychosocial function | 14 | 14–70 |
Adverse reaction control | 6 | 6–30 |
Total score | 38 | 38–177 |
A total of 110 patients with acute myocardial infarction who met the inclusion criteria and were admitted to Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from August 2020 to November 2020 were included in the study. Convenience sampling was adopted to examine the 110 subjects, while 3 cases were lost in the process for the following reasons: patients being “do not want to continue” and “make last-minute plans to travel”. Finally, 107 patients finished the whole exercises on request, and the data on the 107 patients were analyzed. The 52 subjects in the control group (32 males and 20 females) were 56.21 ± 9.77 years old and had body mass index (BMI) of 27.01 ± 3.98; 42 patients had experienced a first heart attack and 10 had had a second attack. The experimental group consisted of 55 patients, including 30 males and 25 females with the following characteristics: 56.27 ± 9.44 years old and BMI of 27.15 ± 3.51; 43 patients had had a first heart attack and 12 had experienced a second heart attack. There were no significant differences between the two groups in terms of age, BMI, gender, educational background, whether the heart attack in the patients was the first onset, the severity of the disease, and the original quality of life of the patients (
Excel 2017 was used for data collection, and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 24.0 statistical software was used for analysis. Measurement data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (
Three weeks later, the symptom scores of the control group (14.54 ± 3.00), the physical function scores (10.85 ± 2.40), the cognitive function scores (8.63 ± 2.26), the psychosocial function scores (20.79 ± 6.49), and the adverse reaction control scores (20.10 ± 3.16) were compared with the symptom scores of the test group (23.85 ± 4.76); physical function scores (20.15 ± 1.69), cognitive function scores (12.80 ± 1.80), psychosocial function scores (59.87 ± 3.87), and adverse reaction control scores (21.85 ± 1.73) were significantly lower than those in the experimental group, with statistical significance (
Comparison of quality-of-life scores between the two groups (
Group | Symptom score | Physical function score | Cognitive function score | Psychosocial function score | Adverse reaction control score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control group | 14.54 ± 3.00 | 10.85 ± 2.40 | 8.63 ± 2.26 | 20.79 ± 6.49 | 20.10 ± 3.16 |
Experimental group | 23.85 ± 4.76 | 20.15 ± 1.69 | 12.80 ± 1.80 | 59.87 ± 3.87 | 21.85 ± 1.73 |
−12.183*** | −23.067*** | −10.515*** | −37.544*** | −3.546** |
***
After 3 wk, patients with different BMI stratifications (Chinese standard) had statistically significant differences in physical function (
Comparison of quality-of-life scores of patients with different BMI values in the experimental group after 3 wk (
Age group, years | Symptom score | Physical function score | Cognitive function score | Psychosocial function score | Adverse reaction control score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18.5~23.9 | 24.30 ± 4.62 | 20.30 ± 1.70ab | 13.00 ± 1.63 | 59.60 ± 5.02 | 22.10 ± 1.85 |
24~26.9 | 23.53 ± 4.58 | 19.60 ± 1.59a | 12.73 ± 1.83 | 59.33 ± 4.22 | 22.13 ± 1.19 |
27~29.9 | 23.58 ± 5.04 | 21.21 ± 1.23b | 12.89 ± 1.85 | 59.84 ± 3.55 | 22.00 ± 1.83 |
>30 | 24.36 ± 5.22 | 18.91 ± 1.51a | 12.55 ± 2.02 | 60.91 ± 3.02 | 21.00 ± 2.00 |
0.109 | 6.551*** | 0.132 | 0.363 | 1.151 |
**P < 0.01;
***P < 0.001;
a, b, and c represent significant differences at
After 3 wk, there was a statistically significant difference in symptom scores among patients with different highest educational background (
Comparison of quality-of-life scores of patients with different educational backgrounds in the experimental group after 3 wk (
Group | Symptom score | Physical function score | Cognitive function score | Psychosocial function score | Adverse reaction control score |
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Primary school | 18.40 ± 2.41a | 20.20 ± 1.48 | 14.80 ± 0.45 | 58.80 ± 3.83 | 21.00 ± 3.00 |
Junior high school | 26.10 ± 3.31bc | 20.00 ± 1.25 | 12.70 ± 1.70 | 59.90 ± 3.28 | 20.90 ± 1.73 |
High school | 23.68 ± 4.85abc | 19.95 ± 2.04 | 12.26 ± 1.76 | 61.37 ± 3.45 | 21.95 ± 1.47 |
College | 22.81 ± 4.21ab | 20.31 ± 1.74 | 12.94 ± 1.84 | 59.44 ± 4.21 | 22.37 ± 1.50 |
Undergraduate course | 28.80 ± 4.21c | 20.60 ± 1.52 | 12.60 ± 1.95 | 56.60 ± 4.16 | 22.6 ± 1.14 |
4.802*** | 0.201 | 2.192 | 1.858 | 1.779 |
***
a, b, and c represent significant differences at P=0.05 using HSD plot test. HSD, honestly significant difference.
This study shows that in PCI postoperative patients with acute myocardial infarction, liver function is good after rehabilitation using traditional Chinese medicine after operation, the short-term quality of life is significantly higher than in the conventional nursing group, the difference was statistically significant (
In this study, none of the patients fell and no other adverse nursing events occurred in the process of
Comparison of quality-of-life scores of patients with different educational backgrounds in the experimental group after 3 wk (x̄ ± s).
Group | Symptom score | Physical function score | Cognitive function score | Psychosocial function score | Adverse reaction control score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary school | 18.40 ± 2.41a | 20.20 ± 1.48 | 14.80 ± 0.45 | 58.80 ± 3.83 | 21.00 ± 3.00 |
Junior high school | 26.10 ± 3.31bc | 20.00 ± 1.25 | 12.70 ± 1.70 | 59.90 ± 3.28 | 20.90 ± 1.73 |
High school | 23.68 ± 4.85abc | 19.95 ± 2.04 | 12.26 ± 1.76 | 61.37 ± 3.45 | 21.95 ± 1.47 |
College | 22.81 ± 4.21ab | 20.31 ± 1.74 | 12.94 ± 1.84 | 59.44 ± 4.21 | 22.37 ± 1.50 |
Undergraduate course | 28.80 ± 4.21c | 20.60 ± 1.52 | 12.60 ± 1.95 | 56.60 ± 4.16 | 22.6 ± 1.14 |
4.802 |
0.201 | 2.192 | 1.858 | 1.779 |
Comparison of quality-of-life scores of patients with different BMI values in the experimental group after 3 wk (x̄ ± s).
Age group, years | Symptom score | Physical function score | Cognitive function score | Psychosocial function score | Adverse reaction control score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
18.5~23.9 | 24.30 ± 4.62 | 20.30 ± 1.70ab | 13.00 ± 1.63 | 59.60 ± 5.02 | 22.10 ± 1.85 |
24~26.9 | 23.53 ± 4.58 | 19.60 ± 1.59a | 12.73 ± 1.83 | 59.33 ± 4.22 | 22.13 ± 1.19 |
27~29.9 | 23.58 ± 5.04 | 21.21 ± 1.23b | 12.89 ± 1.85 | 59.84 ± 3.55 | 22.00 ± 1.83 |
>30 | 24.36 ± 5.22 | 18.91 ± 1.51a | 12.55 ± 2.02 | 60.91 ± 3.02 | 21.00 ± 2.00 |
0.109 | 6.551 |
0.132 | 0.363 | 1.151 |
Comparison of quality-of-life scores between the two groups (x ± s).
Group | Symptom score | Physical function score | Cognitive function score | Psychosocial function score | Adverse reaction control score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control group | 14.54 ± 3.00 | 10.85 ± 2.40 | 8.63 ± 2.26 | 20.79 ± 6.49 | 20.10 ± 3.16 |
Experimental group | 23.85 ± 4.76 | 20.15 ± 1.69 | 12.80 ± 1.80 | 59.87 ± 3.87 | 21.85 ± 1.73 |
−12.183 |
−23.067 |
−10.515 |
−37.544 |
−3.546 |
CROQ quality-of-life scoring criteria.
Dimension | Number of entries | Theoretical score |
---|---|---|
Symptom score | 7 | 7–35 |
Body score | 8 | 8–24 |
Cognitive function | 3 | 3–18 |
Psychosocial function | 14 | 14–70 |
Adverse reaction control | 6 | 6–30 |
Total score | 38 | 38–177 |
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