Wessex cardiac surgery follow-up survey: the quality of life after operation

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Ross, J. K., Diwell, A. E., Marsh, J., Monro, J. L., and Barker, D. J. P. (1978).Thorax,33, 3-9. Wessex cardiac surgery follow-up survey: the quality of life after operation. Two hundred consecutive adult patients in all diagnostic categories who had undergone open-heart surgery at the Wessex Regional Cardio-Thoracic Centre were assessed for the subsequent 20 months. They were interviewed, using a standard questionnaire, at the time of referral for surgery and at 2, 8, and 20 months after operation. The questionnaire elicited information on physical activity, employment, dependence on others, leisure activities, mood, and sexual relationships. Patients under 21 were excluded, but there was no upper age limit. Sixty-six per cent were over the age of 50, and many who were close to or over retirement age were included.

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