Patients Reported Health-Related Quality of Life Five Years Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery – A Methodological Study

Abstract

The findings demonstrate that patient perceived HRQoL five years after CABGS is generally good and patients remain relatively asymptomatic although data collection methods highlight differences in physical HRQoL.

Leisure physical activity and quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft surgery for patients with metabolic syndrome in Taiwan

“…32 In this study, the majority of the sample was elderly, with an average age of 69 years, which is similar to data from the West, and consistent with research in Taiwan by Tung et al 8 In this study, 80% of the participants were male, in keeping with a study by Lee, where 87% of the post-CABG Chinese patients were male. 7 From a clinical staff's point of view, this finding may be attributable to a tendency among women to follow a healthier lifestyle compared with men. In Taiwan, fewer women than men use tobacco or alcohol, probably because such use is not acceptable in the older generation, as based on traditional Chinese culture.…”

“…5,6 In addition, the number of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures to treat CHD performed each year in Taiwan has been increasing. 7,8 Metabolic syndrome was associated with an increased risk of cardiac disease and of postoperative mortality and morbidity after CABG. [9][10][11][12][13] In addition, Gurm et al found that body mass index (BMI) is strongly associated with long-term mortality in CABG patients.…”

Quality Of Life And Healthy Life Style Before Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

“…Yaşam kalitesini direkt etkilediği bilinen anjina ve nefes alamama koroner kalp hastalığının en belirgin semptomlarıdır. Literatürde yaşam kalitesi fiziksel sağlık, fiziksel fonksiyon, sosyal fonksiyon, ruhsal sağlık, çalışma, uyuma, sosyal destek ve yaşamdan memnuniyet olarak ele alınmaktadır 3 . Dünya Sağlık Örgütü ise "yaşam kalitesini" bireyin yaşadığı kültür içinde yaşamındaki pozisyonunu algılaması, değerleri, beklentileri olarak tanımlamıştır 4 .…”

“…Kardiyak cerrahi operasyonlarının hastanın yaşam kalitesini geliştirdiği bilinmektedir. Bu konuda yurt dışında yapılan çalışma sonuçlarına göre hastaların ameliyat sonrası erken dönemde yaşam kalitelerinde değişiklik olmazken başarılı tedavi sonrasında üç ay, 1 yıl ve 5 yıl sonrasında yapılan değerlendirmelerde özellikle fonksiyonel durumda pozitif gelişme olduğu bildirilmiştir 3,5 . Türkiye'de dünyada olduğu gibi kardiyak cerrahi girişime maruz kalan populasyonda giderek artış olmaktadır.…”

Requirements for Quality-Of-Life Reports

“…Also in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, many quality-of-life reports are published. In 2008 and 2009 alone, 15 studies in which quality of life was measured, were published in the journal [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], corresponding with 17% of all research papers.…”