title: Quality of life of patients who undergone myocardial revascularization surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate the quality of life of patients who underwent revascularization surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  a descriptive, cross sectional study, with quantitative approach carried out with 75 patients. The questionnaire WHOQOL-Bref was used to evaluate the quality of life (QOL).
  
  
  RESULTS
  patients' QOL evaluation presented a moderate result, with need of improvement of all domains. Low income patients had the worst evaluation of QOL in the domain environment (p=0,021), and the ones from Recife/metropolitan area, in the domain social relationship (p=0,021). Smoker (p=0,047), diabetic (p=0,002) and alcohol consumption (p=0,035) patients presented the worst evaluation of the physical domain. Renal patients presented the worst evaluation of QOL in the physical (P=0,037), psychological (p=0,008), social relationship (p=0,006) domains and total score (p=0,009).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the improvement of QOL depends on the individual's process of behavioral change and the participation of health professionals is essential to formulate strategies to approach these patients, especially concerning health education.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nurning Nossa Senhora das Graças, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Hirla Vanessa Soares de
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nurning Nossa Senhora das Graças, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thaisa Remigio
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Figueirêdo
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nurning of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Christefany Régia Braz
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Mariana Barros Melo da
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.affiliation: Multiprofessional Residency in Cardiovascular Clinical Attention, Cardiac Emergency Room of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rebeka Maria de Oliveira
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Belo
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nurning Nossa Senhora das Graças, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Simone Maria Muniz da Silva
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bezerra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires