Improvement in quality of life differs between women and men after coronary artery bypass surgery

Abstract

Objective. To study improvement in quality of life (QoL) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in relation to gender.

Changes in quality of life, physical activity, and symptomatic status one year after myocardial revascularization for stable angina

“…There are also significantly more women in group C [17,18]; however based on our previous report and an additional analysis comparing the increase of PA of both gender in group C (data not shown) we doubt the influence of gender on the lesser improvement of PA in the oldest group [7].…”

Sex differences in health status after coronary artery bypass surgery

“…[12][13][14][15] Additional investigations reported more adverse outcomes among women in some dimensions of quality of life but not in others. 16,26 These conflicting results may be explained in part by differences in methodology. All of the negative studies were based on samples including Ͻ70 women, thus raising the concern of whether there was sufficient power to detect sex-related outcome differences.…”

Sexual Counseling for Individuals With Cardiovascular Disease and Their Partners

“…[162][163][164][165] Patients report greater problems with return to sexual activity after surgery than with other areas of psychosocial functioning (eg, mood, job satisfaction, family relations), 162 even when angina is relieved with cardiac revascularization. 164 At 3 months after CABG surgery, problems reported were limited sexual desire and responsiveness, 28 whereas at 2 years after CABG surgery, 166 sexual problems were reported frequently; independent predictors were preoperative sexual problems (P<0.0001), male gender (P<0.0001), and diabetes mellitus (P<0.0008). Overall variance in the sexual quality of life of CABG surgical patients (33%) was accounted for by patient age, disease duration, and spousal communication.…”