Quality of life of people undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: fundamental research for nursing

Goal: To assess the quality of life of people undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Materials and method: Correlational, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. Data collection was carried out from May to September 2018, through secondary data from medical records with the survey of sociodemographic and clinical data and primary data through the application of the generic instrument Quality of Life Index generic version III of Ferrans and Powers for quality of life (QoL) assessment. Results: The study included 30 people who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery from February 2017 to February 2018. The patients had good quality of the pathway after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Low-income and less educated patients had a better QoL assessment in the Family domain (p=0.02 and p=0.01). Age was statistically significant in the Socioeconomic domain (p=<0.01). Not having arterial hypertension presented a statistical probability of being correlated with a better QoL in the physical domain (p=0.06). Conclusion: Quality of life is a subjective parameter, which can vary from person to person and even for the same person throughout life, therefore, its accurate assessment is a task as difficult as conceptualizing it. In this study, the best assessment of QOL in people with lower purchasing power and education was highlighted. The instrument used in the study evaluates QOL based on people's satisfaction with issues that they deem important for their lives, thus, it is possible to conclude that there is a greater appreciation on the part of these people for simple things in life, such as personal relationships and of affection and this is reflected in the higher QOL index in the Family domain. Therefore, it is up to health professionals to recognize in these relationships, great allies for treatment and improvements in QOL.