IMPACT OF AGE ON IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE 5 YEARS AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
| Autor: | Karlson Bw, Maria Haglid, I Wiklund, Kenneth Caidahl, Helén Sjöland, Johan Herlitz, Thomas Karlsson, Marianne Hartford |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Bypass grafting Health Status Population Chest pain Quality of life Internal medicine medicine Humans Coronary Artery Bypass education Aged Health related quality of life Response rate (survey) education.field_of_study business.industry Rehabilitation Age Factors Middle Aged Nottingham Health Profile medicine.anatomical_structure Quality of Life Cardiology Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom business Artery |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 32:41-48 |
| ISSN: | 0036-5505 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/003655000750045730 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to describe the relief of symptoms and improvement in other aspects of health-related quality of life 5 years after coronary artery by-pass grafting in relation to age. Patients in western Sweden were approached with an inquiry prior to surgery and 5 years after the operation. Health-related quality of life was estimated with 3 different instruments: Physical Activity Score (PAS), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWB). Prior to surgery patients were approached either in the ward or by post and 5 years after surgery they were approached by post. A total of 1719 patients were available for the survey, of whom 876 (51%) responded to the survey both prior to and after 5 years. Among the 876 respondents 287 were60 years, 331 were 60-67 years and 258 were67 years. In terms of physical activity, chest pain and dyspnoea, a similar improvement was observed regardless of age. In terms of health-related quality of life questionnaires, there was an inverse association between age and improvement when using PAS and a similar trend was observed with NHP and PGWB. In conclusion, 5 years after coronary artery bypass grafting relief of symptoms and improvement in physical activity was not associated with age, whereas improvement in other aspects of health-related quality of life tended to be less marked in elderly people. Overall age seemed to have a small impact on the improved well-being 5 years after coronary surgery. However, due to the limited response rate the results may not be applicable to a non-selected coronary artery bypass grafting population. |
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