USE OF THE SF-36 QUESTIONNAIRE IN ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Abstract

Objective: to carry out a complex assessment of life quality (LQ) in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) according to SF-36 questionnaire.Materials and methods. The study included 20 patients who underwent in-patient examination and treatment in City Clinical Hospital № 1 n.a. N.I. Pirogov (Moscow City Healthcare Department) to confirm the diagnosis of CTEPH and for selection of drug therapy. All patients completed a standardized SF-36 questionnaire. The possible association of various parameters of this questionnaire with both clinical and instrumental data of patient’s examination was studied.Results. Statistically significant correlations between the clinical symptoms of the disease, the severity of pulmonary hypertension, and the assessment of the possible physical activity of patients with CTEPH with various scales of mental and physical functioning of SF-36 questionnaire have been obtained.Conclusion. The study of QL parameters increases the possibilities for a comprehensive assessment of health status in patients with CTEPH. Based on this finding, SF-36 questionnaire can be used in routine clinical practice to assess the disease severity. Increasing the patient’s number as well as carrying out a dynamic QL study according to sex and age of patients with SF-36 questionnaire will further allow to develop additional criteria for assessing the effectiveness of therapy.

Keywords

• chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
• pulmonary embolism
• quality of life assessment
• sf-36 quality of life questionnaire