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March 31, 2005Nursing Science Quarterly

Quality of Life in Women Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

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Why the study?

Does coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery improve quality of life in women?

Population

61 women undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery

Comparison

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery vs Pre-surgery baseline

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

three months

Authors

SPSue PenckoferLoyola University Medical CenterCFCarol Estwing FerransUniversity of Illinois ChicagoNFNancy FinkEdward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital

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Implication

May indicate short-term QoL gains post-CABG in women; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Structured PICO

Does coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery improve quality of life in women?

P
Population
61 women undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
I
Intervention
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
C
Comparator
Pre-surgery baseline
O
Outcome
Quality of life measured by self-report questionnaires at three months after surgerypatient reported

CABG surgery significantly improves quality of life, psychological well-being, and symptom burden in women at three months, although a subset continues to experience severe psychological distress.

Cite This Study

Penckofer et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a701ee45d37378ac1dd2eechttps://doi.org/10.1177/0894318405274832
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