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ArticleInterdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery2023

The impact of socio-demographic factors on health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Anna Kathrin Assmann, Alexander Assmann, Sebastian Waßenberg, Besnik Kojcici, Nora K Schaal, Artur Lichtenberg, Jürgen Ennker, Alexander Albert

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Article in Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Anna Kathrin AssmannDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9025-8640
Alexander AssmannDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3777-7772
Sebastian Waßenbergpunkt05 Statistics Consultants, Life Science Centre, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Besnik KojciciDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Nora K SchaalDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Artur LichtenbergDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8580-6369
Jürgen EnnkerDepartment of Cardiac and Cardiovascular Surgery, Helios Hospital Krefeld, Germany.
Alexander AlbertDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH, Dortmund, Germany.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEHelios Klinikum Krefeld · DEWitten/Herdecke University · DE

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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heinrich Heine University
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo achieve a beneficial impact on long-term outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the goal of the present study was the early identification of patients at risk of impaired postoperative health-related quality of life (HRQoL), particularly evaluating the significance of socio-demographic variables.

methodsIn this prospective, single-centre cohort study of patients having an isolated CABG (January 2004-December 2014), preoperative socio-demographic (preSOC) and preoperative medical variables as well as 6-month follow-up data including the Nottingham Health Profile were analysed in 3,237 patients.

resultsAll preSOC (gender, age, marriage and employment) and follow-up (chest pain, dyspnoea) variables proved to have significant influence on HRQoL (P < 0.001), male patients below 60 years being particularly impaired. The effects of marriage and employment on HRQoL are modulated by age and gender. The significance of the predictors of reduced HRQoL differs between the 6 Nottingham Health Profile domains. Multivariable regression analyses revealed explained proportions of variance amounting to 7% for preSOC and 4% for preoperative medical variables.

conclusionsThe identification of patients at risk of impaired postoperative HRQoL is decisive for providing additional support. This study reveals that the assessment of 4 preoperative socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, marriage, employment) is more predictive of HRQoL after CABG than are multiple medical variables.

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AgeCoronary artery bypass graftingGender differencesHealth-related quality of lifeNottingham Health Profile (NHP)Socio-demographic variables

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