Abstract
The aim of medical intervention in patients suffering from chronic diseases is to maintain a life of quality. Patients who have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery provide a good example of an intervention that will not necessarily result in the prolongation of life but the improved quality of life. Rehabilitation outcome should focus on the improved quality of life and the issue of who should be responsible for maintaining improved quality of life. In order to determine if self-responsibility was an aspect of improved quality of life 73 subjects and their spouses were followed up over a period of one year. Self-responsibility was identified as a significant variable (p=0.003) in patients with improved quality of life. Based on the evidence provided by this study it was concluded that unless patients accepted responsibility for their rehabilitation they would not have an improved quality of life.
Highlights
The aim of medical intervention in patients suffering from chronic diseases is to maintain a life of quality
The acceptance of self-responsibility is a significant factor for the improved qual ity of life
The outcome of rehabilitation cannot be judged as being suc cessful if patients do not have an improved quality of life
Summary
The aim of medical intervention in patients suffering from chronic diseases is to maintain a life of quality. Self-responsibility was identified as a significant variable (p = 0.003) in patients with improved quality of life. Based on the evidence provided by this study it was concluded that unless patients accepted responsibility for their rehabilitation they would not have an improved quality of life. In chronic disease where the goal of medical intervention cannot be complete cure, the health care provider should strive to achieve improvement in func tion by decreasing the symptoms and the severity of the disease progression and in this way improve the quality of patients’ lives
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