estudio descriptivo, transversal, con abordaje cuantitativo llevado a cabo con 75 pacientes. Se empleó el cuestionario WHOQOL-Bref para evaluar la calidad de vida (CV).

Resultados:

Los pacientes tuvieron CV regular, necesitando mejoras en todos los dominios. Los pacientes de baja renta presentaron peores índices de CV en el dominio medioambiental (p=0,021), así como presentaron los provenientes de la ciudad de Recife y región en el dominio relaciones sociales (p=0,021). Los pacientes fumadores (p=0,047), diabéticos (p=0,002) y de la clase alta (p=0,035) tuvieron peores valores de CV en el dominio físico. Los pacientes con problemas renales presentaron peores índices de CV en los dominios físico (p=0,037), psicológico (p=0,008), relaciones sociales (p=0,006) y en el puntaje total (p=0,009).

Conclusión:

para mejorar la CV hay que cambiar la conducta individual, y es muy importante la participación de los profesionales de salud en la planificación de estrategias de abordaje a estos pacientes, en especial en la educación en salud.

Descriptores:
Calidad de Vida; Cirugía Torácica; Enfermedad Coronaria; Enfermedad Crónica; Enfermería

Variables	n	%
Origin
Recife	31	41.3
Metropolitan area	28	37.3
Countryside	16	21.4
Age
≥60 years old	55	73.3
Younger than 60 years old	20	26.7
Gender
Male	37	49.3
Female	38	50.7
Ethnicity
White	32	42.7
Mixed race	36	48
Black	7	9.3
Marital status
Single	15	20
Married	42	56
Widow	11	14.7
Divorced	7	9.3
Schooling
Until 9 years old	54	72
>9 years old	21	28
Income
Until 1 minimum wage	47	62.7
1-2 minimum wage	16	21.3
>2 minimum wage	12	16
Occupation
No work activity	67	89.3
Work activity	8	10.7

Variable	n	%
Hipertension	75	100
Diabetic	33	44
Non-diabetic	42	56
Renal disease	9	12
No renal disease	66	88
Smoker	1	1.3
Non-smoker	74	98.7
Alcohol Consumption	4	5.3
No Alcohol consumption	71	94.7
With dyslipidemia	72	96
Without dyslipidemia	3	4
Sedentary	55	73.3
Non-sedentary	20	26.7
Medications
Up to 6 medications	54	72
>6 medications	21	28

Domain	Average	Standard Deviation	Coefficient of variation	Minimum value	Maximum value	Amplitude
Physical	12.26	3.34	27.20	5.71	19.43	13.71
Psychological	14.28	3.13	21.95	6.67	20.00	13.33
Social Relationship	14.19	2.92	20.59	5.33	20.00	14.67
Environment	12.67	2.59	20.43	7.00	20.00	13.00
Quality of life self-evaluation	13.79	3.30	23.92	6.00	20.00	14.00
Total	13.19	2.55	19.33	7.23	19.85	12.62

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[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Hirla Vanessa Soares de Araújo E-mail: hirlavs.araujo@gmail.com

Quality of life (Average±Standard deviation)
Sociodemographic Variable	Physical domain	*p^ * Student's t test**	Psychological domain	*p^ * Student's t test**	Social Relationship domain	*p^ * Student's t test**	Environment domain	*p^ * Student's t test**	Total Scoring	*p^ * Student's t test**
Gender
Female Male	11.63±3.59 12.89±2.95	0.103	13.84±3.63 14.72±2.48	0.227	14.49±3.31 13.87±2.46	0.364	12.32±3.05 13.01±1.98	0.255	13.84±3.36 13.72±3.27	0.884
Marital status
In a relationship Single	12.61±3.55 11.80±3.02	0.304	14.82±2.77 13.57±3.45	0.086	14.69±2.47 13.53±3.33	0.087	12.61±2.54 12.72±2.67	0.859	14.04±3.16 13.45±3.47	0.443
Schooling
Until 9 years of study More than 9 years of study	12.16±3.53 12.48±2.83	0.711	14.06±3.35 14.82±2.47	0.347	14.00±3.13 14.66±2.27	0.379	12.54±2.81 12.97±1.92	0.522	13.70±3.50 14.00±2.75	0.729
Income
Until 1 minimum wage >1 minimum wage	11.85±3.58 12.93±2.79	0.175	13.81±3.40 15.04±2.47	0.1	14.21±3.18 14.14±2.47	0.921	12.13±2.66 13.55±2.22	0.021	13.36±3.25 14.50±3.29	0.149
Origin
Recife and metropolitan area Countryside	11.87±3.23 13.67±3.41	0.054	13.98±3.05 15.33±3.28	0.129	13.78±3.03 15.66±1.85	0.021	12.54±2.49 13.12±2.95	0.428	13.52±3.30 14.75±3.17	0.19
Occupation
No work activity	12.11±3.40		14.19±3.23		14.12±3.03		12.60±2.62		13.85±3.29
Work activity	13.42±2.50	0.297	14.91±2.16	0.544	14.66±1.74	0.626	13.18±2.32	0.551	13.25±3.53	0.629
Quality of life (Average±Standard deviation)
Clinical variable	Physical domain	*p^ * Student's t test**	Psychological domain	*p^ * Student's t test**	Social Relationship domain	*p^ * Student's t test**	Environment domain	*p^ * Student's t test**	Total Scoring	*p^ * Student's t test**
Diabetic Non diabetic	10.94±3.39 13.29±2.93	0.002	13.49±3.21 14.88±2.95	0.055	14.10±3.24 14.25±2.67	0.824	12.25±2.83 12.98±2.36	0.227	13.21±3.07 14.23±3.42	0.183
Smoker Non-smoker	5.71±3.26 12.34±3.26	0.047	9.33±3.10 14.34±3.10	0.113	12.00±2.93 14.21±2.93	0.455	8.50±2.55 12.72±2.55	0.105	10.00±3.28 13.83±3.28	0.25
Renal disease No renal disease	10.09±2.50 12.55±3.33	0.037	11.70±3.09 14.62±2.99	0.008	11.70±3.63 14.52±2.66	0.006	11.50±1.71 12.82±2.65	0.151	11.11±2.02 14.15±3.27	0.009
Alcohol consumption No alcohol consumption	8.85±3.18 12.45±3.25	0.035	12.16±2.57 14.39±3.13	0.168	12.66±3.52 14.27±2.88	0.288	11.12±2.39 12.75±2.58	0.223	11.50±1.91 13.91±3.31	0.155
Sedentary	11.84±3.38		14.16±3.16		14.23±3.10		12.50±2.68		13.60±3.27
Non-sedentary	13.40±2.98	0.074	14.56±3.10	0.631	14.06±2.42	0.832	13.12±2.31	0.359	14.30±3.38	0.42