Open heart surgery: One-Year Self-Assessment of quality of life and functional outcome Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz, MD, Sidney Chocron, MD, PhD, Lucian Stoica, MD, Djamel Kaili, MD, Marc Puyraveau, BS, Mariette Mercier, MD, PhD, Joseph-Philippe Etievent, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 76, Issue 5, Pages 1598-1604 (November 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00730-6
Fig 1 Mean scores for each section of quality of life before and one year after surgery (n = 264); data are mean ± standard error of the mean. For quality of life dimensions, see footnote in Table 2 for complete labels. Comparison of the scores before and one year after the operation demonstrates an improvement in quality of life in all but three dimensions of the SF36 scales. **p < 0.001; *p < 0.05. Open bars = preoperative; shaded bars = postoperative. (MCS = mental component summary scores; PCS = physical component summary scores). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 1598-1604DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00730-6)
Fig 2 Patient classification according to the two main quality of life dimensions illustrated by multivariate analysis: physical functioning and pain. In group 1 the positive predictive value for the 1-year “satisfactory” status was 88%; it was 75% in group 2 and 50% in group 3. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 76, 1598-1604DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00730-6)