Quality of life in patients related to gender differences before and after coronary artery bypass surgery.
OBJECTIVE
The different aspects of quality of life (QOL) in patients of different sex structure have been examined as well as the presumption that sex structure could be a predictor of QOL changes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).


METHODS
The study included 243 consecutive patients who underwent an elective CABG. The QOL analysis was performed by using structured interviews with the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) questionnaire part 1.


RESULTS
Compared to men, women had worse preoperative QOL (in all sections except the section of sleep) and worse postoperative QOL (in all sections). Six months after CABG the QOL statistically improved in men and in women. Multivariate analysis showed that being female was an independent predictor of QOL worsening in section of pain [P=0.001, odds ratio (OR)=3.93, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.74-8.88].


CONCLUSIONS
Compared to men, women have worse preoperative and postoperative QOL. Female sex was an independent predictor of QOL worsening six months after CABG.
Peric
Vladan
V
Internal Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Pristina, Anri Didana bb, 38220 Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia. vladanperic@hotmail.com
Borzanovic
Milorad
M
Stolic
Radojica
R
Jovanovic
Aleksandar
A
Sovtic
Sasa
S
Djikic
Dijana
D
Marcetic
Zoran
Z
Dimkovic
Sinisa
S
D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome