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Comparative Study
. 2006 Aug 13:4:49.
doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-49.

Health related quality of life trajectories and predictors following coronary artery bypass surgery

Michael R Le Grande  1 , Peter C Elliott, Barbara M Murphy, Marian U C Worcester, Rosemary O Higgins, Christine S Ernest, Alan J Goble
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Comparative Study

Health related quality of life trajectories and predictors following coronary artery bypass surgery

Michael R Le Grande et al. Health Qual Life Outcomes. .

Abstract

Background: Many studies have demonstrated that health related quality of life (HRQoL) improves, on average, after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS). However, this average improvement may not be realized for all patients, and it is possible that there are two or more distinctive groups with different, possibly non-linear, trajectories of change over time. Furthermore, little is known about the predictors that are associated with these possible HRQoL trajectories after CABGS.

Methods: 182 patients listed for elective CABGS at The Royal Melbourne Hospital completed a postal battery of questionnaires which included the Short-Form-36 (SF-36), Profile of Mood States (POMS) and the Everyday Functioning Questionnaire (EFQ). These data were collected on average a month before surgery, and at two months and six months after surgery. Socio-demographic and medical characteristics prior to surgery, as well as surgical and post-surgical complications and symptoms were also assessed. Growth curve and growth mixture modelling were used to identify trajectories of HRQoL.

Results: For both the physical component summary scale (PCS) and the mental component summary scale (MCS) of the SF-36, two groups of patients with distinct trajectories of HRQoL following surgery could be identified (improvers and non-improvers). A series of logistic regression analyses identified different predictors of group membership for PCS and MCS trajectories. For the PCS the most significant predictors of non-improver membership were lower scores on POMS vigor-activity and higher New York Heart Association dyspnoea class; for the MCS the most significant predictors of non-improver membership were higher scores on POMS depression-dejection and manual occupation.

Conclusion: It is incorrect to assume that HRQoL will improve in a linear fashion for all patients following CABGS. Nor was there support for a single response trajectory. It is important to identify characteristics of each patient, and those post-operative symptoms that could be possible targets for intervention to improve HRQoL outcomes.

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Predicted and actual trajectories for the PCS. Note: error bars represent standard error of the mean.
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Predicted and actual trajectories for the MCS. Note: error bars represent standard error of the mean.
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