TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life following repair of ruptured and elective abdominal aortic aneurysms
AU - Hennessy, Anne
AU - Barry, Mary C.
AU - McGee, Hannah
AU - O'Boyle, Ciaran
AU - Hayes, David Bouchier
AU - Grace, Pierce A.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Objective: To find out whether patients undergoing repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) had more emotional problems and limitations of lifestyle than those listed for elective resection. Design: Retrospective study Setting: Teaching hospital, Eire. Subjects: 28 patients, 14 in each group, matched for age, sex, duration of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), hospital stay postoperatively, and length of time since operation. Interventions: Application of structured questionnaire. Main outcome measures: Emotional problems, mobility, activities of daily living, ability to sleep, degree of psychological stress, presence of symptoms, and Rosser index to measure quality of life (QoL). Results: There were no significant differences between the groups in any measure. Conclusions: Patients have few emotional difficulties or disturbances of QoL after emergency or elective repair of AAA. Survivors after repair of ruptured AAA can expect as good a quality of life as those operated on electively. These results support an aggressive approach to the treatment of ruptured AAA.
AB - Objective: To find out whether patients undergoing repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) had more emotional problems and limitations of lifestyle than those listed for elective resection. Design: Retrospective study Setting: Teaching hospital, Eire. Subjects: 28 patients, 14 in each group, matched for age, sex, duration of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), hospital stay postoperatively, and length of time since operation. Interventions: Application of structured questionnaire. Main outcome measures: Emotional problems, mobility, activities of daily living, ability to sleep, degree of psychological stress, presence of symptoms, and Rosser index to measure quality of life (QoL). Results: There were no significant differences between the groups in any measure. Conclusions: Patients have few emotional difficulties or disturbances of QoL after emergency or elective repair of AAA. Survivors after repair of ruptured AAA can expect as good a quality of life as those operated on electively. These results support an aggressive approach to the treatment of ruptured AAA.
KW - Aortic aneurysm
KW - Psychology
KW - Quality of life
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U2 - 10.1080/110241598750005552
DO - 10.1080/110241598750005552
M3 - Article
C2 - 9728786
AN - SCOPUS:0031870322
SN - 1102-4151
VL - 164
SP - 673
EP - 677
JO - European Journal of Surgery
JF - European Journal of Surgery
IS - 9
ER -