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- Title
Impact of Cardiovascular Interventions on the Quality of Life in the Elderly.
- Authors
de Figueiredo Neto, José Albuquerque; Castelo Branco Reis, Lívia Mariane; Rodrigues Veras, Márcia; Chaves Queiroz, Lorena Lauren; Lima Nogueira Nunes, Karine de Paiva; de Oliveira Miranda, Priscylla; Ferreira dos Santos, Alexsandro; Sampaio Nunes, Joana Kátya Veras Rodrigues
- Abstract
Introduction: The elderly population is growing rapidly. Political and socio-economic changes led to the demographic transition in this population with the highest number of surgeries and as well as many comorbidities. Objective: To evaluate the impact of cardiovascular intervention on quality of life of elderly patients after three and six months. Methods: Analytical prospective cohort study with elderly between 60 and 80 years of age, of both sexes, with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease and underwent cardiovascular intervention during the period June 2010 to June 2011. Data were collected by individual interviews in the pre and postoperative periods (after three and six months) by telephone. We used the SF-36 to analyse quality of life in order to assess the physical and mental health of the study population. Results: Of the 44 individuals evaluated, 59.1% were men, 75% in the range of 65 to 74 years, 38.6% were white and 38.6% were black, 31.8% were uneducated, 43.2% were married and 68.2% had less than a minimum wage. Prevailed patients: non-diabetics (68.2%), non-obese (81.8%), hypertensive (84.1%), non-alcoholic and non-smokers (68.2% and 61.4%, respectively). A significant increase in the average of the SF-36 scores between pre and post-surgical periods (three and six months) for the domains: functional capacity, pain, general health, vitality and emotional aspect. Conclusion: The elderly population undergoing intervention may have cardiovascular benefits and improvements of quality of life. Physical fitness improvement measures can be taken to resume that capability.
- Subjects
CARDIAC surgery; CARDIAC surgery patients; QUALITY of life; OLDER patients; TRANSLUMINAL angioplasty; PHYSICAL fitness research
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 6, p626
- ISSN
0102-7638
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5935/1678-9741.20150080