Prior percutaneous coronary intervention is associated with low health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass graft.

Abstract

The success of a coronary artery bypass graft surgery has been shown to be related to health-related quality of life, and being able to predict this is extremely useful. We investigate the associations between health-related quality of life and sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and examine the impact of prior percutaneous coronary interventions on health-related quality of life in Palestinian patients undergoing a coronary artery bypass graft for the first time. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a convenience sample of 119 Palestinian patients. The Short Form-36 Health Survey was applied 1 year after the coronary artery bypass graft surgery. An analysis of variance shows that as age increases, health-related quality of life decreases. In contrast, the higher the level of education, job security, and salary, the higher the health-related quality of life. Patients who had undergone prior percutaneous endovascular interventions had a worse health-related quality of life than those who had not. In conclusion, a history of prior percutaneous endovascular interventions in addition to sociodemographic factors should be considered by nursing staff so that they can deliver high-quality patient care.