Profile of mood states and cardiac rehabilitation after acute myocardial infraction.

Following an acute myocardial infarction, evaluation of a patient's own perceptions of health, including mood state, provides useful information about the efficacy of rehabilitation when data are available for patients randomized to both control and intervention. Data are presented on the Profile of Mood States (POMS) in 187 patients, with mild to moderate scores for Spielberger state anxiety and/or Beck depression, who were randomized within 6 …