Key result
Female patients with ischemic heart disease experienced poorer quality of life than males, and across all dimensions, 19-45% of patients experienced a decrease in quality of life over one year.
Why the study?
Does quality of life differ between male and female patients, and compared to normal controls, after a major cardiac event?
Observational (n=464)
Does quality of life differ between male and female patients, and compared to normal controls, after a major cardiac event?
Female patients experience significantly poorer somatic and psychological quality of life compared to male patients up to one year after a major cardiac event, highlighting the need for sex-specific secondary prevention strategies.
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Sex differences in post-IHD QoL merit attention; this Level 3 cohort study leaves open whether targeted strategies improve outcomes.
R. Carlsson L. Westin (1999) conducted an observational in Ischemic heart disease (n=464). Female sex vs. Male sex was evaluated on Quality of life (somatic and psychological dimensions). Female patients with ischemic heart disease experienced poorer quality of life than males, and across all dimensions, 19-45% of patients experienced a decrease in quality of life over one year.
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