July 1, 2005The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology
Health‐Related Quality of Life Predicts Mortality in Older but Not Younger Patients Following Cardiac Surgery
Why the study?
Does preoperative health-related quality of life predict 6-month mortality in older versus younger patients following cardiac surgery?
Population
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery, stratified into older (65 years of age and older) and younger patients.
Comparison
Lower preoperative health-related quality of life. vs Higher preoperative health-related quality of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support age-specific risk stratification in older cardiac surgery patients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Structured PICO
Does preoperative health-related quality of life predict 6-month mortality in older versus younger patients following cardiac surgery?
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Population
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery, stratified into older (65 years of age and older) and younger patients.
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Intervention
Lower preoperative health-related quality of life (Physical Component Summary and Mental Component Summary scores from the Short Form-36 health status survey).
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Comparator
Higher preoperative health-related quality of life scores.
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Outcome
6-month mortalityhard clinical
Preoperative self-reported health status is an independent predictor of 6-month mortality following cardiac surgery in patients aged 65 and older, which may help refine risk stratification.
Cite This Study
Ho et al. (2005) studied this question.