A Descriptive Study Done to Assessthe Quality of Life among Post Myocardial Infarction Patients Attending Cardiac OPDs

Abstract

Introduction: Quality of life of post Myocardial infarction patient’s condition refers to the satisfaction and dissatisfaction of life experienced by persons living with Myocardial Infarction. MI is one of the major causes of death among coronary artery diseases. Health related quality of life is an important measure of patient’s recovery after an illness. It has suggested that different treatment may affect health related quality of life of patients with Myocardial Infarction. A descriptive study done to assess the quality of life among post myocardial infarction patients attending cardiac OPDs. The objective of the study was to assess the quality of life score among MI patients. To associate the quality of life score with selected socio demographic variables of post MI patients. Method: Qualitative research approach was selected to assess the Quality of Life among post Myocardial Infarction patients. Total 60 cardiac patients were purposively selected to collect data using a checklist. Results: i. 9(15%) patients having good quality of life. ii. 38(63.33%) patients having average quality of life. iii. 13 (21.67%) patients having poor quality of life. Conclusion: According to gender, the maximum mean score 13.76 belonged to male gender followed by 11.6 in female gender. There was an association between quality of life and male gender. This study shows that gender is the only factor which is significant or affects the quality of life of Myocardial Infarction patients.