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Quality of Life in Opium-Addicted Patients With Coronary Artery Disease as Measured With WHOQOL-BREF

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  • Mahdi Najafi

    (Tehran Heart Centre, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Iran)

  • Mehrdad Sheikhvatan

    (Tehran Heart Centre, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Iran, sheykhvatan@farabi.tums.ac.ir)

  • Ali Montazeri

    (Iranian Institute for Health Science Research, Tehran, Iran)

  • Mahmood Sheikhfathollahi

    (Tehran Heart Centre, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Iran)

Abstract

Objective: Several factors can influence the quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The goal of this research was to measure quality of life in opium-addicted patients with CAD in order to assess the effect of CAD risk factors on their quality of life. Method: The WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was completed through interviews with 275 patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass surgery in Tehran Heart Centre between May and September 2006. Results: No significant differences were found in the mean scores of the four domains of quality of life between the addicted and non-addicted patients. Furthermore, the evaluation of QOL in the groups with CAD risk factors showed that the mean QOL domains were statistically similar between opium addicted and non-opium addicted patients. In the addicted group, men had a higher psychological health score than women. A previous history of myocardial infarction reduced the psychological score in this group. Also, in the addicted patients with a history of diabetes mellitus, social functioning was better than that of the non-diabetics. Conclusions: The different domains of quality of life in our opium-addicted and non-addicted patients with CAD were similar; and among all the major risk factors for coronary artery disease, only female gender and a previous history of myocardial infarction could influence quality of life in the opium-addicted patients.

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  • Mahdi Najafi & Mehrdad Sheikhvatan & Ali Montazeri & Mahmood Sheikhfathollahi, 2009. "Quality of Life in Opium-Addicted Patients With Coronary Artery Disease as Measured With WHOQOL-BREF," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 55(3), pages 247-256, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:55:y:2009:i:3:p:247-256
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764008093600
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