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abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze basic self-care conditioning factors and quality of life associated with health, relating them to self-care capacity among individuals in the preoperative period of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study with a quantitative approach, theoretically and methodologically anchored in the Self-care Deficit Nursing Theory. Data were collected between March and August 2013, using the Self-care Assessment Scale and the Medical Outcomes 36 Item Short Form Health Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a correlation between self-care capacity and quality of life in the preoperative period of coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among participants of this study, a reduction in quality of life may have occurred due to the presence of noncommunicable diseases; nevertheless, individuals sought the best ways to care for themselves.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raul Amaral de
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Telma Marques da
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vânia Pinheiro
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Ramos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057234:Preoperative Period; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care