Correlação entre classe funcional e qualidade de vida em usuários de marcapasso cardíaco
| Autor: | BK Souza, A. R. B. Ribeiro, Tmb Cunha, Lidiane Sousa, Rma Cota, Bruna Guimarães Oliveira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Chest discomfort medicine.medical_treatment Rehabilitation Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Significant negative correlation Spearman Correlation Test Cardiac pacemaker Correlation Physical functioning Quality of life Physical therapy medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Fisioterapia. 11:341-345 |
| ISSN: | 1413-3555 |
| Popis: | Correlation between functional class and quality of life among cardiac pacemaker users Introduction: Growing technological progress in treating patients with heart conduction disturbances has provided such patients with better life conditions. Functional classification (FC) scales and quality of life (QOL) questionnaires are additional means for evaluating patients' physical, emotional and functional characteristics. However, the question remains as to whether there is any association between FC and perception of QOL among pacemaker users. Objective: To evaluate whether there is any correlation between FC and QOL among definitive cardiac pacemaker users. Method: Fourteen pacemaker users were evaluated. To assess FC, the specific activity scale proposed by Goldman was used. To evaluate QOL, the Aquarel questionnaire was used in association with SF-36. The Spearman correlation test was applied to investigate whether there was any association between the variables, considering p< 0.05 to be significant. The SPSS for Windows software, version 10.0, was used for the data analysis. Results: There was a significant negative correlation between FC and QOL through evaluation by Aquarel questionnaire in its three domains: chest discomfort (r= -0.666; p= 0.009); dyspnea (r= -0.604; p= 0.022); and arrhythmia (r= -0.550; p= 0.041). Among the eight domains of SF-36, three showed a significant correlation with FC: physical functioning (r= -0.745; p= 0.002); pain (r= -0.667; p= 0.009); and vitality (r= -0.591; p= 0.026). Conclusion: In the present study, a significant correlation was found between FC and QOL, thus suggesting that functional classification scales may reflect aspects of QOL among pacemaker users. |
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