Chonnam Med J.  2007 Aug;43(2):80-87.

Assessment of the Quality of Life in the Patients Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

• Cho HY
• Park IH
• Jeong MH
• Choi MJ
• Hong YJ
• Moon JY
• Kim JH
• Ahn YK
• Kang JC

Abstract

To identify the factors affecting the quality of life (QOL) of the patients underwent the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), 491 patients (60.7+/-10.2 years, 348 male, 143 female) who underwent the PCI and follow-up coronary angiogram 6 months later were analyzed between April 2004 and July 2006. The patients' replies were recorded while reading the structured questionnaire directly. A research tool was the Seattle Angina Questionnaire revised for Korean patients received the PCI. The questionnaire was composed all of 22 questions: six questions (age, sex, drinking, smoking, religion, and hobby activities) about general characteristics, six items (statin medication, restenosis, and lipid profiles) about characteristics related with disease, and 10 items about QOL. Mean age was 60.7+/-10.2 years, and the percentage of those less than 55 years old was 26.7%. Male patients occupied as 70.9% of the whole, and the QOL score of a group under 55 years was higher than that of over 70 years. The QOL scores for groups of male, drinking, hobby activities, statin-administrated group and restenosis group were high. According to multivariate analysis, young age, male sex and low level of triglyceride were independent predictors of high QOL score. In conclusion, the younger age, male and low triglyceride were associated with better QOL after PCI.

Keyword

Angina; Lipids; Alcohol

MeSH Terms

Drinking
Follow-Up Studies
Hobbies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*
Quality of Life*
Smoke
Smoking
Triglycerides
Surveys and Questionnaires
Smoke