Key result
Gender, age, and education linked to quality of life in ischemic heart disease.
Cross-Sectional (n=500)
Yes
In patients with ischemic heart disease, quality of life is significantly influenced by demographic factors and risk factors, highlighting the need for targeted patient education.
Several demographic factors were associated with QOL in IHD patients; leaves open targeted support strategies pending prospective studies.
Background and Purpose: Ischemic Heart Diseases (IHD) is getting as the most common and the main causes of heart diseases and mortalities worldwide affecting the quality of life (QOL) of the patients. This study was conducted to determine the QOL for the patients with IHD referring to medical centers of Kashan in 2007. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on all patients (n =500) referring to the medical centers with definitive diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction (MI), having coronary artery disease, who have undergone percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries. QOL of the clients were measured respectively by short form-36 (SF-36) and Seattle angina questionnaire (SAQ) instruments and then scored as bad, medium, good, and very good based on the test scores. Demographic data and the major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases were also collected using the questionnaire. The data was analyzed by Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests along with Pearson’s correlation coefficient and Kendall’s rho. Results: QOL based on the SF-36 and SAQ criteria were viewed with a mean of 112.5±24 and 59.8±9.14, respectively. Gender, older age, educational level, marital status, the number of children, residency location and having risk factor had influenced their life quality. Conclusions: Correlation of the results between the two tests of SAQ and SF-36 and correlation between QOL levels have been positive and meaningful. The study offers more attention and education to the patients undergoing PTCA surgeries, the aged ones, patients with other diseases, singles, villagers, illiterate and female ones.
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Taghadosi et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Ischemic Heart Disease (n=500). Ischemic Heart Disease and associated risk factors was evaluated on Quality of life measured by SF-36 and SAQ. Among 500 patients with ischemic heart disease, the mean quality of life scores were 112.5±24 on the SF-36 and 59.8±9.14 on the SAQ, which were influenced by gender, age, and education.
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