Abstract: Objective: To investigate the effect of cardiac rehabilitation with spouses’ participation on the patients undergoing PCI and the spouses. Methods: A total of 71 pairs of patients and their spouses admitted to the Department of Cardiology of a Grade A tertiary hospital in Luoyang City were enrolled and randomly divided into two groups, namely 35 pairs in the intervention group and 36 pairs in the control group. The control group was offered traditional health education and rehabilitation guidance, while the patients and spouses in the intervention group received rehabilitation exercise with spouses’ participation. The intervention time was set to three months. Total cholesterol (TC) was measured before and after intervention, and the physical activity level of patients and spouses was evaluated by IPAQ. Besides, the quality of life of patients was evaluated by SAQ and the differences between the two groups were compared. Results: No significant differences were observed in TC, physical activity and life quality between the two groups before intervention. After intervention, TC of patients and spouses in the experimental group was lower than those of the control group with the difference being statistically significant (P<0.05); the constituent ratio of high and medium level physical activity in the experimental group was higher than that of the control group and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05); the scores of physical restriction, frequency of angina, satisfaction and disease perception in the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: The rehabilitation program with the participation of spouses can significantly reduce TC of patients and their spouses, and improve their physical activity and quality of life.

Key words: cardiac rehabilitation; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; physical activity; quality of life