title: Life satisfaction in patients with and without spinal cord ischemia after advanced endovascular therapy for extensive aortic disease at mid-term follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Advanced endovascular aortic repair can be used to treat patients with extensive and complex aortic disease who are at risk of spinal cord ischaemia. The aim of this study was to compare whether life satisfaction differs between patients with and without spinal cord ischaemia at mid-term follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nested case-control study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Among patients undergoing advanced endovascular aortic repair between 2009 and 2012, 18 patients with spinal cord ischaemia and 33 without were interviewed at home.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LiSat-11) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  LiSat-11 found that patients with spinal cord ischaemia were more dissatisfied with their activities of daily living than were patients without spinal cord ischaemia (p=0.012). Both groups had similar, very low, scores in the sexual life domain; median 2.0 (interquartile range (IQR) 1.5-3.0) and 3.0 (IQR 2.0-4.0), respectively. There was no difference in SWLS between the groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study cohort of patients who underwent advanced endovascular aortic repair was rather homo-genous in their rating of life satisfaction and there was little difference between mid-term survivors who had spinal cord ischaemia and those who did not.
authors.affiliation: Institution of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Vascular Center, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mehmedagic
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Santén
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jörgensen
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Acosta
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*