Quality of Life of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Objective: Determining the impact of coronary artery bypass grafting on the Quality of Life of patients, analyzing and comparing dimensions of Quality of Life before and after surgery; comparing sociodemographic and clinical variables with the aspects of depression and anxiety, in the pre and postoperative periods. Methods: A descriptive exploratory study in which 78 patients were included in the pre and postoperative periods. International instruments of research were used and validated to assess quality of life and the aspects of depression and anxiety. Results: There was significant improvement in all domains of the Quality of Life, depression and anxiety (p=0.05). The physical and social domains of the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey showed lower scores (13.46 and 3.03, respectively), as well as the social domain of the Macnew instrument (3.03). Conclusion: Coronary artery bypass surgery caused positive impact on the Quality of Life of these patients.