Heart failure & cardiomyopathies
Change in Caregiver Health-Related Quality of Life From Before to Early After Surgery: SUSTAIN-IT Study
Authors' conclusion
Caregivers of older patients undergoing heart failure surgeries reported overall high HRQOL before and early post-surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Caregivers of older HF patients (60–80 years) undergoing heart transplantation (HT) or mechanical circulatory support (MCS) surgery
- Participants
- 227 caregivers
- Exposure
- Caregivers of patients undergoing HT with pretransplant MCS vs HT without pretransplant MCS vs long-term MCS
- HT MCSn = 54
- HT non-MCSn = 76
- Long-term MCSn = 97
- Outcome
- Caregiver HRQOL: EQ-5D-3 L visual analog scale (0 [worst]-100 [best])
- Follow-up
- Before and 3 and 6 months post-surgery
Methodological detailsmulticentre, 13 US sites
- Multicentre
- 13 US sites
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
EQ-5D visual analog scale (all caregivers)
Before surgery
84.8
SD 14.1
3 months
84.7
SD 13.0
6 months
83.9
SD 14.7
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with change in caregiver health-related quality of life (HRQOL)
| β (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|
| Patient pulmonary hypertension presurgery | −13.72 (−21.07 to −6.36) | P < 0.001 |
| Patient arrhythmia 3 to 6 months post-operatively | −14.22 (−27.41 to −1.02) | P = 0.035 |
| Patient marital/partner status | 6.21 (1.34–11.08) | P = 0.013 |
| Presurgery coronary disease | 8.98 (4.07–13.89) | P < 0.001 |
Original publication
Change in Caregiver Health-Related Quality of Life From Before to Early After Surgery: SUSTAIN-IT Study. Circ Heart Fail. Published 22 June 2023. doi:10.
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