Correlation of the disease-specific Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) classification and health-related quality of life (15D) in coronary artery disease patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Generic health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and disease-specific instruments measure HRQoL from different aspects, although generic instruments often contain dimensions that reflect common symptoms. We evaluated how the change in 15D HRQoL and Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) grading of angina severity correlate among coronary artery disease patients during 12-month follow-up.

Methods

Altogether 1 271 patients scheduled for coronary angiography between June 2015 and February 2017 returned the 15D HRQoL and CCS questionnaires before angiography and after one-year follow-up as a part of routine clinical practice. Spearman correlations between one-year changes in the CCS and the 15D and its dimensions were evaluated. Changes in 15D were classified into 5 cate

SUBMITTER: Kotajarvi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8975144 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature