The effect of obesity on functional capacity, anxiety and daily life activities in patients with coronary artery disease and phase II cardiac rehabilitation

Abstract

Objective. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program on obeseand non-obese patients with coronary artery disease. Methods. The records of 60 coronary artery diseasepatients aged between 18-75 years, who were included in CR were evaluated. Of the study subjects, 20 hadundergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and 40 had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention(PCI). The patients were divided into two groups by body mass index (BMI), with Group I being non-obese(BMI 0.05). Conclusion. CR was found to be effective and safe in terms of functional capacity, daily life activitiesand anxiety in both obese and non-obese patients. Functional capacity gain in the obese group was less thannon-obese patients