[The effect of the tempi of rehabilitation on the psychological status and quality of life in myocardial infarct patients].

104 patients 3 to 12 months after myocardial infarction were evaluated psychologically and by quality of life. Faster hospital rehabilitation contributed to better quality of life than in patients on conventional rehabilitation. The absence of sanatorium rehabilitation was associated with anxiety, hypochondria, depression registered 12 months after MI onset and thus with lowering of life quality.