Mid-term Survival and Quality of Life of Elderly Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery

• Conditions: Quality of Life

• Registration Number: NCT01654900
• Lead Sponsor: Hadassah Medical Organization

Brief Summary

The purposes of the investigators study is to examine the overall survival and quality of life in elderly patients (\> 75 years) undergoing open heart surgery at Hadassah medical center between 2008-2011. All alive patients will be phone interviewed using the 36-item short form health survey. Results will be compared to similar health survey results (36-SF)obtained from a group of Israeli adults who had no open heart surgery (controlled group). The investigators hypothesize that elderly patients achieve improvement in quality of life after open heart surgery with acceptable operative morbidity and mortality.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2012-07
• Study First Submitted: 2012-07-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-07-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-07-31
• Study First Posted: 2012-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 2012-08-01
• Study Start: 2012-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 207

Inclusion Criteria

• all patients age > 75 years who discharged alive after surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• death

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life	2-4 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hadassah Medical Organization; 🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Ein Kerem, Israel