Fatigue, mood, and hemodynamic patterns after myocardial infarction.

H. Lee, G. C. Kohlman, K. Lee, N. B. Schiller

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Abstract

A descriptive design with repeated measures was used to describe patterns of fatigue, emotional stress, and left ventricular (LV) function among 22 patients with myocardial infarction (MI) from day 5 postadmission to day 21 postadmission for the MI. The severity of fatigue in patients with MI during the subacute period ranged from 32 to 44 on the 100-mm Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue. Severity of fatigue and depression remained the same; however, LV function improved (p < .01) and patients experienced more energy (p < .01) and less anxiety (p < .01) in the third week following MI. Researchers observed five different fatigue patterns: decreasing fatigue, increasing fatigue, unchanged low fatigue, unchanged-high fatigue, and a curvilinear fatigue pattern. The finding of five different fatigue patterns after an MI suggests that all patients with MI should not be treated as a uniform group assumed to have decreasing fatigue with the passage of time.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)60-69
Number of pages10
JournalApplied nursing research : ANR
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Nursing

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