Fig 1.
Consecutive time points of data collection.
Fig 2.
Flow chart of study sample.
Table 1.
Sociodemographic and medical characteristics of patients on admission (T0).
Table 2.
Key diagnostics of psychocardiological rehabilitation.
Table 3.
Key components of psychocardiological rehabilitation.
Fig 3.
Trajectories of heart-focused anxiety and global psychological distress over time (means and 95% confidence interval).
CAQ = Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire total (heart-focused anxiety); GSI = Global Severity Index (SCL-90-S; global psychological distress).
Fig 4.
Trajectories of physical and mental health-related quality of life over time (means and 95% confidence interval).
PCS = Physical Component Summary (SF-12; physical health-related quality of life); MCS = Mental Component Summary (SF-12; mental health-related quality of life).
Table 4.
Psychosocial outcomes from admission to six-month follow-up in patients with low, moderate and high impairment of social functioning on admission.
Table 5.
Test statistics of the within-subjects contrasts for all dependent variables with admission values as reference.
Fig 5.
Mean differences in heart-focused anxiety and global psychological distress between patient groups with different levels of impairment in social functioning.
MD = mean difference; CI = confidence interval; p = p-value; SAS-SR = Social Adjustment Scale – Self-report total, divided into groups (group 1 = lowest, 2 = moderate and 3 = highest impairment of social functioning); CAQ = Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire total (heart-focused anxiety); GSI = Global Severity Index (SCL-90-S; global psychological distress).
Fig 6.
Mean differences in physical and mental health-related quality of life between patient groups with different levels of impairment in social functioning.
MD = mean difference; CI = confidence interval; p = p-value; SAS-SR = Social Adjustment Scale – Self-report total, divided into groups (group 1 = lowest, 2 = moderate and 3 = highest impairment of social functioning); PCS = Physical Component Summary (SF-12; physical health-related quality of life); MCS = Mental Component Summary (SF-12; mental health-related quality of life).