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- Title
Quality of Life 18 Months After Myocardial Infarction.
- Authors
Tütüncü, Recep; Ateş, Yasemin; Aydin, Yusuf
- Abstract
SUMMARY: Purpose: To identify patients who are at risk for poor health related quality of life after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 49 patients with the discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction after 18 months period of time. The quality of life was assessed by using SF-36 questionnaire. Results: Female patients and patients with comorbidity had lower scores in SF-36 subscales implying poorer quality of life. Significant differences were also observed in working status. The three quality of life domains were significantly negatively correlated with age and the number of children. In terms of education time length; five domain scores and in terms of time span without infarction; only one domain was significantly positively correlated. Conclusion: Sex, age, socioeconomic factors, comorbidity, time span without infarction are the most important predictors of health related quality of life after AMI.
- Subjects
AGE distribution; COMPUTER software; EMPLOYMENT; MYOCARDIAL infarction; PROBABILITY theory; QUALITY of life; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SEX distribution; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); U-statistics; COMORBIDITY; DATA analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Duzce Medical Journal, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
1307-671X
- Publication type
Article