Survival and quality of life following elective open-heart surgery

J Nurs Care Qual. 2008 Oct-Dec;23(4):369-74. doi: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000336676.48466.ec.

Abstract

Eight hundred thirty-six patients who had open-heart surgery were available for analysis of health-related quality of life (HRQL) data and survival at the 1-year follow-up. Elective open-heart surgery patients with decreasing HRQL at 1 year following surgery may experience a survival disadvantage in comparison with those patients experiencing positive gains. Clinical care should extend beyond the immediate postoperative period.

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living / psychology
  • Aftercare
  • Aged
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Attitude to Health*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / mortality
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures* / psychology
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Elective Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects
  • Elective Surgical Procedures* / mortality
  • Elective Surgical Procedures* / psychology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Health Services Needs and Demand
  • Health Status*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nurse's Role
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • Patient Discharge
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Quality of Life / psychology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Survival Analysis
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Virginia / epidemiology