Postoperative infections a potential modifiable risk factor for non-recovery in physical health-related quality of life one year after cardiac surgery?
Completed
- Conditions
- Cardio-thoracic diseases that require surgery
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 7993
Inclusion Criteria
1. All patients scheduled for an elective or urgent cardio thoracic surgical procedure between 01-01-2015 and 01-01-2020.
2. Age: 18 years and older.
3. SF 36 (version 2) or SF 12 (version 2) measurement was performed both before and 1 year after the cardiothoracic intervention. At least 50% of the questions of each domain had to be filled in when using the SF-36 and 100% when using the SF-12.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Aborted interventions, after a skin incision or puncture has taken place.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Postoperative Infection is a risk factor for lack of physical recovery 1 year after cardiac surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Interrelationship between different predictors diabetes mellitus, re-PCI, and postoperative infections on the lack of physical recovery 1 year after surgery