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Generic and disease-specific quality-of-life measures are valuable tools for assessing patient outcomes in cardiac surgery, though further methodologically sound empirical data is needed.
This review provides a primer on generic and disease-specific quality-of-life measures and their application in cardiac surgery research and clinical practice.
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May support QoL assessment in cardiac surgery; leaves open optimal tool selection pending rigorous validation studies.
Phillip J. Tully (2013) conducted a review in Cardiac surgery. Quality of Life (QOL) measures was evaluated. Generic and disease-specific quality-of-life measures are valuable tools for assessing patient outcomes in cardiac surgery, though further methodologically sound empirical data is needed.
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