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Table 2 Changes in patients and partners pre – and post-operative health-related quality of life

From: Patients’ and partners’ health-related quality of life before and 4 months after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Variable

Patients pre-op

Patients post-op

  

Partners pre-op

Partners post-op

  
 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

t

p

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

t

p

SF12 (n = 80)

        

 PCS

30.45 (8.64)

41.47 (10.94)

−10.87

0.001

46.92 (10.92)

45.94 (11.13)

0.88

0.382

 MCS

44.17 (11.50)

48.19 (11.63)

−3.05

0.003

45.81 (11.34)

47.48 (11.48)

−0.90

0.370

SAQ (n = 8)

        

 PLS

29.46 (17.78)

66.07 (23.30)*

- 4.17

0.004

 

-

  

 AFP

18.28 (15.22)

52.65 (28.67)*

- 2.65

0.333

 

-

  

 TS

71.87 (10.85)

65.50 (27.81)*

1.94

0.380

 

-

  

QLSP (n = 80)

        

 EFD

-

-

  

64.00 (15.25)

73.86 (15.40)

−5.48

0.001

 PSFD

-

-

  

57.09 (12.26)

64.87 (10.60)

−5.88

0.001

  1. SF12 Short-form 12 health survey, PCS physical component score, MCS mental component score, SAQ Seattle angina questionnaire, PL physical limitation score, AFP angina frequency and perception, TS treatment satisfaction, QLSP Quality of life cardiac spouse, EFD emotion functional dimension, PSFD physical and social functional dimension, * n = 8.
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