Quality of life comparisons after coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Self-Care Behaviour and Factors Associated with Patient Outcomes Following Same-Day Discharge Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

“…The incidence of post-procedure chest pain confirmed previous research findings [43][44][45][46], with 31% of this study's participants self-reporting ischaemic symptoms, and the great majority (80%) taking no action in response to these symptoms. Angina frequency has been identified as the most important prognostic indicator of quality of life following PCI [47], and is associated with a higher prevalence of depression, stress, anxiety, and uncertainty [44,48,53].…”

Quality of life predicts one-year survival in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

“…Scores on each subscale and overall scale ranges from 0 to 30 [34]. Previous studies indicated acceptable reliability and validity of the QLI-CV [36,37]. In this current study, the Cronbach's a for the total scale was greater than .9, indicating high internal consistency reliability.…”

Health outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac surgery: Repeated measures using Short Form-36 and 15 Dimensions of Quality of Life questionnaire

“…[2][3][4] Contemporary views of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in critical illness include broad dimensions, 5 and assessment of patient outcomes after cardiac surgery is well established in the literature. 6,7 The use of validated HRQOL instruments has improved the quality and findings of studies, although other methodologic limitations remain, including short follow-up periods, 8 small sample sizes, 2,4,[8][9][10] or no presurgery health status measures. 3,9,11 A recent large multicenter trial in the United States found that patients with lower preoperative functioning demonstrated important improvements in HR-QOL 6 months after CABG surgery.…”

“…6,7 The use of validated HRQOL instruments has improved the quality and findings of studies, although other methodologic limitations remain, including short follow-up periods, 8 small sample sizes, 2,4,[8][9][10] or no presurgery health status measures. 3,9,11 A recent large multicenter trial in the United States found that patients with lower preoperative functioning demonstrated important improvements in HR-QOL 6 months after CABG surgery. However, patients with a relatively good preoperative health status did not demonstrate an HRQOL benefit from the surgery.…”

“…6,7 The use of validated HRQOL instruments has improved the quality and findings of studies, although other methodologic limitations remain, including short follow-up periods, 8 small sample sizes, 2,4,[8][9][10] or no presurgery health status measures. 3,9,11 …”