Gender Differences in Quality of Life for Post Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients in Taiwan

• Published in: The Journal of Nursing Research Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 275 - 284
• Main Authors: 童恆新(Heng-Hsin Tung), 魏崢(Jen Wei), 張忠毅(Chung-Yi Chang)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 台灣 台灣護理學會 01.12.2007; 臺灣護理學會; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living - psychology; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Attitude to Health - ethnology; Coronary Artery Bypass - psychology; Coronary Artery Bypass - rehabilitation; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Gender difference; Gender Identity; Health Services Needs and Demand; Health Status; Humans; Male; MEDLINE; Men - education; Men - psychology; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Nursing Methodology Research; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Role function; SCIE; Scopus; SSCI; Statistics, Nonparametric; Surveys and Questionnaires; Taiwan; Treatment Outcome; TSCI; TSSCI; Women - education; Women - psychology; Workload - psychology; 冠狀動脈繞道手術; 性別差異; 生活品質; 角色功能; Taiwan; role function; 角色功能; 性別差異; 生活品質; gender difference; Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting; quality of life; 冠狀動脈繞道手術
• ISSN: 1682-3141
• DOI: 10.1097/01.JNR.0000387624.41048.e3

The purpose of this study was to investigate gender differences in quality of life for post Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) patients in Taiwan. Cross-sectional survey research design and purposive sampling were used in this study, for which 100 subjects, including 50 males and 50 females, were recruited from a medical center in northern Taiwan. Quality of life was measured by Short Form 36, while gender role function and demographic data were collected using a demographic questionnaire. An Independent t test and one way ANOVA were employed to analyze data. Study results showed significant differences in quality of life between genders. There was a statistically significant difference in the physical component summary score, post-CABG, between males (M=45.5) and females (M=40.1, p＜.05), which indicates that men demonstrated higher physical functioning than women. Within this component, the greatest difference between the genders was noted in sub-items related to physical functions. Men and women achieved mean scores of 42.2 and 37.9, respectively (p＜.05). For the mental component summary section, sub-items related to vitality also demonstrated statistical significance; with men achieving a mean score of 49.6 and women a mean score of 45.2 (p＜.05). Of interest, post-CABG patients who had greater role responsibilities, such as taking care of elderly or doing housework, obtained significantly higher quality of life scores.