Characteristics of longitudinal changes in quality of life and associated factors in patients post cardiac and thoracic aortic surgery: insights from a prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Masaaki Sato (Author), Hitoshi Mutai (Author), Shuhei Yamamoto (Author), Daichi Tsukakoshi (Author), Keisuke Furuhashi (Author), Hajime Ichimura (Author), Yuko Wada (Author), Tatsuichiro Seto (Author), Hiroshi Horiuchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although quality of life (QOL) is an outcome of postoperative cardiac rehabilitation (CR), its course and related factors from postoperative hospitalization to the post-discharge period have not been adequately investigated. Additionally, the EuroQol-5Dimension-5Level (EQ-5D-5L)...