Longitudinal health-related quality of life assessment in five years after coronary artery bypass surgery : does benefit continue with advancing age?
| Autor: | Erik Van Hove, P. J. Walter, Ravinder Mohan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Health related quality of life
medicine.medical_specialty Medical treatment business.industry Dispositional optimism medicine.disease Angina Coronary artery bypass surgery Quality of life (healthcare) medicine Physical therapy Human medicine Intensive care medicine business Prospective cohort study Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Conference on Coronary Bypass Surgery in the Elderly-Ethical, Economical and quality of Life Aspects, MAR 09-11, 1994, ANTWERP, BELGIUM CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY IN THE ELDERLY: ETHICAL, ECONOMICAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE ASPECTS Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ISBN: 9789401040938 |
| Popis: | In 1987 we started a prospective study of quality of life after coronary artery bypass surgery. By that time, a certain relief from angina through operation had been well documented and randomized studies had additionally shown survival benefits of surgical over medical treatment. Reductions in drugs, care and sickness benefits were considered to neutralise the cost of the operation. However, other reports of post-operative symptoms and complications [1 2], as well as problems in psychosocial [3 4] and vocational [5] adjustment, cast a shadow on the usefulness of surgery. The requisite aim of the operation had broadened to improving quality of life. This investigation initially began by longitudinally studying the change in functional and psychosocial status in the first year after operation. |
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