title: EuroSCORE predicts health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Three hundred and two patients were evaluated for the EuroSCORE risk and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during three years after CABG as assessed by the 15D instrument. Both additive and logistic EuroSCORE correlated significantly with the 15D score at 6, 18 and 36 months. A clinically important increase > or =0.03 in the 15D score was achieved by 50.6% of patients at 6 months, 40.0% at 18 months and 35.9% at 36 months. The rates were similar among patients with increasing EuroSCORE at 6 and 18 months, but tended to decrease at 36 months in the highest EuroSCORE group (EuroSCORE 0-2: 46.8%; 3-5: 34.8%; and 6-14: 33.3%, respectively, P=0.13). Both additive (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, AUC: 0.582, P=0.024) and logistic EuroSCORE (AUC: 0.575, P=0.039) were predictors of a significant increase of the 15D score. The best cut-off value of the additive EuroSCORE for prediction of a clinically important improvement of the 15D score during 3-year follow-up was 3, as 46.7% of patients with EuroSCORE 0-3 and 30.1% of patients with a score >3 (P=0.006) improved clinically. The present study showed that the EuroSCORE also predicts long-term HRQoL after CABG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Vaasa Central Hospital, 65100 Vaasa, Finland. pertti.loponen@pp.inet.fi
authors.forename: Pertti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loponen
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nissinen
authors.forename: Jan-Ola
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Wistbacka
authors.forename: Fausto
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biancari
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laurikka
authors.forename: Harri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sintonen
authors.forename: Matti R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Tarkka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D012372:ROC Curve; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome