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| Barbara Mary MurphySummaryAffiliation: Heart Research Centre Country: Australia Publications
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Health related quality of life trajectories and predictors following coronary artery bypass surgeryMichael R Le Grande
Heart Research Centre Melbourne, Box 2137 Post Office, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC 3050, Australia
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:49. 2006..Furthermore, little is known about the predictors that are associated with these possible HRQoL trajectories after CABGS...
Lifestyle and physiological risk factor profiles six weeks after an acute cardiac event: are patients achieving recommended targets for secondary prevention?Barbara M Murphy
Heart Research Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria 3050, Australia
Heart Lung Circ 20:446-51. 2011..The aim of the present study was to investigate achievement of recommended risk factor targets in a sample of Australian cardiac patients...
Anxiety and depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: most get better, some get worseBarbara M Murphy
Heart Research Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 15:434-40. 2008..We investigated trajectories of anxiety and depression after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS) and identified patients at risk of persistent or worsening anxiety and depression...
Causal attributions for coronary heart disease among female cardiac patientsBarbara Murphy
Heart Research Centre, PO Box 2137, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 25:135-43; quiz 144-5. 2005..However, past research has focused predominantly on male patients. The present study investigated causal attributions and their associations with actual risk profiles in female cardiac patients...
Change in women's dietary fat intake following an acute cardiac event: Extent, predictors and comparison with non-cardiac Australian women and older adultsBarbara Mary Murphy
Heart Research Centre, Box 2137 Post Office, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria 3050 Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 5:206-13. 2006..Cardiac patients are encouraged to reduce their dietary fat intake, yet few studies have assessed fat intake in female cardiac patients...
Living alone predicts 30-day hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass graft surgeryBarbara M Murphy
Heart Research Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 15:210-5. 2008..Few studies have investigated psychosocial predictors. This study investigated medical, sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of 30-day hospital readmission...
Trajectories and predictors of anxiety and depression in women during the 12 months following an acute cardiac eventBarbara M Murphy
Heart Research Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Br J Health Psychol 13:135-53. 2008..This study tested for multiple trajectories of anxiety and depression and identified the characteristics of patients most at risk for persistent or worsening anxiety and depression in the 12 months following their cardiac event...
Trajectories of recovery of quality of life in women after an acute cardiac eventMarian Una Christine Worcester
Heart Research Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Br J Health Psychol 12:1-15. 2007..The impact of age, event type and cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme attendance on recovery was assessed...
Long-term behavioral outcomes after attendance at a secondary prevention clinic for cardiac patientsMarian Una Christine Worcester
Heart Research Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 23:415-22. 2003..The study also aimed to identify predictors of long-term smoking status, dietary habit, and physical activity...
Factors associated with non-attendance at a secondary prevention clinic for cardiac patientsMarian Una Christine Worcester
Heart Research Centre, Box 2137 Post Office, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria 3050, Melbourne, Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 2:151-7. 2003..Secondary prevention programs can improve prognosis after an acute cardiac illness. It is therefore important to encourage high participation rates...
