Relation between Quality of Recovery in Hospital and Quality of Life at 3 Months after Cardiac Surgery
Population
120 adult cardiac surgical patients
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 months
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Discussion
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Implication
May support trials of early recovery interventions after cardiac surgery; observational data leave causal impact on QoL open.
Structured PICO
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Population
120 adult cardiac surgical patients
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Outcome
Quality of Life (QoL) measured by the short-form health survey (SF-36) at 3 months after surgerypatient reported
A poor-quality recovery in the days immediately following cardiac surgery strongly predicts poor quality of life at 3 months, highlighting the potential value of early support strategies.
Cite This Study
Myles et al. (2001) studied this question.