RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KINESOPHOBIA, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To find association between kinesiophobia, physical activity and health related quality of life in patients with chronic coronary artery disease. METHODS: The research study is cross-sectional which is carried out in hospitals of Rawalpindi, Islamabad (Pakistan), from May 2022 to July 2022 in which total sample size of study is 377.The selection is done through non-probability sampling. The inclusion criteria included both gender aged 45 to 65 years old with diagnosed cases of chronic coronary artery disease, ischemic heart disease including patient's undergone surgical procedure (CABG, angiography, stenting).The exclusion criteria were patient's having heart disease, any fracture, any neurological disease or patient's being evaluated for other cardiac disease (e.g valvular disease, etiology of cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease).After taking prior consent from the participant and demographics will be taken using self-structure questionnaire. Kinesiophobia will be measured by Tampa scale, Quality of life will be measured through HRQOL and Physical activity will be measured by using IPAQ short-form. RESULTS: After consideration of the study, the participants mean age of all the participants was 55.93+_6.894 years. Among them 238 were males and 139 were females. The frequency of male 238(63.13%) and the frequency of female 139(36.87%). Kinesiophobia shows non-significant relation with physical activity (p>0.05) whereas health related quality of life includes further 8 domains and relation of kinesiophobia was concluded with all 8 domains which includes; relation between kinesiophobia and Physical Functioning(PF), role limitation due to physical health(PH), role limitation due to emotional problem(EB), energy-fatigue, emotional well-being(EMOTIONAL WB), social functioning(SF), General health(GH) shows statistically non-significant association whereas relation between kinesiophobia and pain shows statistically significant association. CONCLUSION: This study concluded that relation between kinesiophobia and physical activity shows very weak correlation with statistically non-significant association whereas health related quality of life includes further 8 domains and relation of kinesiophobia was concluded with all 8 domains which includes; relation between kinesiophobia and Physical Functioning, role limitation due to physical health, , role limitation due to emotional problem, energy-fatigue, emotional well-being, social functioning, General health shows very weak correlation with statistically non-significant association whereas relation between kinesiophobia and pain shows weak correlation with statistically significant association.