Muath Bishawi1, Brack Hattler2, G Hossein Almassi3, John A Spertus4, Jacquelyn A Quin5, Joseph F Collins6, Frederick L Grover2, Annie Laurie Shroyer7. 1. Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. 2. Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO. 3. Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. 4. Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO. 5. VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 6. Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Perry, Point, MD. 7. Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY; Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, CO. Electronic address: Annie.Shroyer@va.gov.
Abstract
For advanced coronary disease, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery generally improves patients' symptoms and long-term survival. Unfortunately, some patients experience worse health-related quality of life (HRQL) after CABG. The objective of this study is to report the frequency and risk factors associated with 1-year post-CABG HRQL deterioration. METHODS: From 2002 to 2007, 2203 "Randomized On/Off Bypass" (ROOBY) trial patients randomly received either off-pump or on-pump CABG at 18 VA medical centers. Subjects completed both baseline and 1-year Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) and the Veterans Rand 36 (VR-36) questionnaires to assess HRQL. Using previously published criteria, the rates of clinically significant changes were determined for the SAQ [angina frequency (AF), physical limitation (PL), and quality of life (QoL)] and VR36 [mental component score (MCS) and physical component score (PCS)] subscales. Multivariate regression models were then used to identify pre-CABG patient characteristics associated with worsened 1-year HRQL status for each subscale. RESULTS: Over 80% of patients had an improvement or no change in SAQ and VR-36 subscale scores 1 year after CABG. The HRQL scale-specific deterioration rates were 4.5% SAQ-AF, 16.8% SAQ-PL, 4.9% SAQ-QoL, 19.4% VR36-MCS, and 13.5% VR36-PCS. Predictors of 1-year HRQL deterioration were diabetes and smoking for the SAQ-AF; diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) for SAQ-PL; COPD and depression for the SAQ-QoL; diabetes for VR36-PCS, and history of stroke and depression for VR36-MCS. The baseline score was an independent predictor for worsening in all the subscales studied. CONCLUSIONS: Among VA patients, less than 20% experienced worse HRQL 1 year after CABG. For patients with low symptom burden at baseline, diabetes, smoking, depression, PVD, COPD, and a prior stroke, clinicians should be more cautious in pre-CABG counseling as to their anticipated HRQL improvements. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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For advanced coronary disease, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery generally improves patients' symptoms and long-term survival. Unfortunately, some patients experience worse health-related quality of life (HRQL) after CABG. The objective of this study is to report the frequency and risk factors associated with 1-year post-CABG HRQL deterioration. METHODS: From 2002 to 2007, 2203 "Randomized On/Off Bypass" (ROOBY) trial patients randomly received either off-pump or on-pump CABG at 18 VA medical centers. Subjects completed both baseline and 1-year Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) and the Veterans Rand 36 (VR-36) questionnaires to assess HRQL. Using previously published criteria, the rates of clinically significant changes were determined for the SAQ [angina frequency (AF), physical limitation (PL), and quality of life (QoL)] and VR36 [mental component score (MCS) and physical component score (PCS)] subscales. Multivariate regression models were then used to identify pre-CABG patient characteristics associated with worsened 1-year HRQL status for each subscale. RESULTS: Over 80% of patients had an improvement or no change in SAQ and VR-36 subscale scores 1 year after CABG. The HRQL scale-specific deterioration rates were 4.5% SAQ-AF, 16.8% SAQ-PL, 4.9% SAQ-QoL, 19.4% VR36-MCS, and 13.5% VR36-PCS. Predictors of 1-year HRQL deterioration were diabetes and smoking for the SAQ-AF; diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) for SAQ-PL; COPD and depression for the SAQ-QoL; diabetes for VR36-PCS, and history of stroke and depression for VR36-MCS. The baseline score was an independent predictor for worsening in all the subscales studied. CONCLUSIONS: Among VA patients, less than 20% experienced worse HRQL 1 year after CABG. For patients with low symptom burden at baseline, diabetes, smoking, depression, PVD, COPD, and a prior stroke, clinicians should be more cautious in pre-CABG counseling as to their anticipated HRQL improvements. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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