Why the study?
What are the trajectories and predictors of health-related quality of life following elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Population
182 patients listed for elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS) at The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months post-surgery
Authors
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Baseline predictors may flag CABG patients at risk of HRQoL non-improvement; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
What are the trajectories and predictors of health-related quality of life following elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Health-related quality of life does not improve uniformly for all patients after CABG, highlighting the need to identify baseline psychological and physical predictors to target interventions for those at risk of non-improvement.
Grande et al. (2006) studied this question.
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