Quality of life among patients with left ventricular assist device: Comparison of two populations.

Autor:	Özdemir Köken Z; Department of Surgical Nursing, Hacettepe University Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey., Kervan Ü; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey., Avşar M; Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany., Kocabeyoğlu SS; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey., Paç M; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yüksek Ihtisas University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi [Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg] 2020 Apr 22; Vol. 28 (2), pp. 308-314. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 22 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI:	10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2020.18541
Abstrakt:	Background: This study aims to evaluate quality of life among patients with an implanted left ventricular assist device in two different populations. Methods: This cross-sectional study included a total of 20 patients (15 males, 5 females; mean age 41.8±13.4 years; range, 20 to 65 years) from Turkey and 40 patients (33 males, 7 females; mean age 55.1±11.6 years; range, 21 to 76 years) from Germany who underwent left ventricular assist device implantation and reached their third month of treatment between January 2016 and August 2016. The Euro Quality of Life-5 Dimension Questionnaire and Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-12 were used to assess quality of life of both groups. Results: Sixty-five percent of the German patients returned to work, while none of the Turkish patients returned after implantation (p=0.000). The Turkish (70%) and German (40%) patients reported that they had difficulty in living with a left ventricular assist device (p=0.028). The mean Euro Quality of Life-5 Dimension Questionnaire visual analog scale scores of the Turkish and German patients were 70.50% and 62.38%, respectively. The mean Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire-12 scores of the Turkish patients were significantly higher than those of the German patients (p=0.01). Conclusion: Left ventricular assist device implantation improved the quality of life of both Turkish and German patients. Turkish patients with left ventricular assist device should be encouraged to adopt a more independent life, not to limit their lives to home and to return to work according to their functional capacity. Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article. (Copyright © 2020, Turkish Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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