20.500.12556/DKUM-91228 Effects of cardiac rehabilitation and diet counselling on adherence to the mediterranean lifestyle in patients after myocardial infarction Adherence to the Mediterranean lifestyle—as captured by the Medlife Index Questionnaire (i.e., encompassing a Mediterranean diet as well as other aspects of healthy living, such as food preparation, physical activity, and socializing)—has been associated with reduced cardiovascular events in healthy individuals. In the present study, we sought to determine the adherence to, and the effect of comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation on, Mediterranean lifestyle adherence in patients after myocardial infarction. We included 121 patients (mean age, 55 years; women, 37%) undergoing comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation—i.e., exercise training 3 times per week for 12 weeks plus dedicated workshops promoting the Mediterranean lifestyle. Before and after cardiac rehabilitation, patients completed the Medlife Index Questionnaire. High baseline adherence was associated with favourable glucose (5.39 vs. 6.1 mmol/L; p < 0.001), triglycerides (1.1 vs. 1.5 mmol/L; p = 0.002), and HDL cholesterol levels (1.32 vs. 1.12 mmol/L; p = 0.032). More importantly, the Medlife Score significantly improved following comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation in patients with low baseline adherence (from 13.8 to 16.7 points; p < 0.001), but not in patients with high baseline adherence (from 19.4 to 18.8 points; p = 0.205). Our findings suggested that Mediterranean lifestyle promotion during cardiac rehabilitation improved adherence to the Mediterranean lifestyle, especially in low-adherence patients. mediterranean diet mediterranean lifestyle myocardial infarction coronary artery disease cardiac rehabilitation lipid status physical activity mediteranska prehrana mediteranski način življenja miokardni infarkt koronarna bolezen srčna rehabilitacija stanje lipidov telesna dejavnost lipidi fizična aktivnost true false true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-11-29 15:15:00 2024-11-29 15:29:40 2024-11-30 03:14:35 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 1-13 št. 19, št. članka 4048 Letn. 14 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2022-08-24 2022-09-26 2022-09-29 616.1 125311235 10.3390/nu14194048 2072-6643 Novakovic_2022_Effects_of_Cardiac_Rehabilitation.pdf Novakovic_2022_Effects_of_Cardiac_Rehabilitation.pdf 1 A6894FCE92B3B85E94FAE14B736A12BE 32af02977a5daf71bd38c21b4638e2c146f133a8dec3492d64c9a7539b035255 30b5ed2d-ae5e-11ef-8753-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=187040 https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14194048 0 523f0eeb-ae5c-11ef-8753-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=187039 Fakulteta za organizacijske vede 0 0 0