Soydan Ebru, Yılmaz Emel, Baydur Hakan
1 Department of Surgical Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
2 Department of Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
Vascular. 2017 Aug;25(4):382-389. doi: 10.1177/1708538116685945. Epub 2016 Dec 22.
Objective This study was planned and implemented to evaluate the effect of socio-demographic characteristics and clinical findings on the quality of life of patients with chronic venous insufficiency. Methods The sample of this cross-sectional study consisted of 163 patients that presented with the diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency to the cardiovascular surgery clinic of an education and research hospital in the west of Turkey. The data were collected during face-to-face interviews using a personal information form, clinical, etiology, anatomy, pathophysiology classification, venous insufficiency epidemiological and economic study-quality of life/symptoms scales and the Short Form-36. Descriptive statistics as well as univariate and multivariate analyses were used to analyze the data. Results The chronic venous insufficiency patients were found to have a low quality of life. Advanced age, higher body mass index, longer working times, being on regular medication, hypertension and presence of pigmentation according to the clinical, etiology, anatomy, pathophysiology classification were found to be associated with a reduced physical score in SF-36. Furthermore, longer weekly working hours and presence of pigmentation reduced the Venous Insufficiency Epidemiological and Economic Study-Quality of Life/Symptoms scores. Undertaking physical exercise at twice and more than twice a week increased the overall physical scores in SF-36. Conclusions The results of the study showed that the quality of life of chronic venous insufficiency patients are affected by not only physical characteristics, working hours and physical activity but also presence of edema and pigmentation.
目的 本研究旨在评估社会人口学特征和临床检查结果对慢性静脉功能不全患者生活质量的影响。方法 本横断面研究的样本包括163例在土耳其西部一家教育和研究医院的心血管外科门诊被诊断为慢性静脉功能不全的患者。通过使用个人信息表、临床、病因、解剖、病理生理分类、静脉功能不全流行病学和经济研究-生活质量/症状量表以及简短健康调查问卷（Short Form-36）在面对面访谈中收集数据。采用描述性统计以及单因素和多因素分析来分析数据。结果 发现慢性静脉功能不全患者的生活质量较低。根据临床、病因、解剖、病理生理分类，高龄、较高的体重指数、较长的工作时间、规律服药、高血压以及色素沉着与简短健康调查问卷（SF-36）中较低的身体评分相关。此外，每周较长的工作时间和色素沉着会降低静脉功能不全流行病学和经济研究-生活质量/症状评分。每周进行两次及以上体育锻炼会提高简短健康调查问卷（SF-36）中的总体身体评分。结论 研究结果表明，慢性静脉功能不全患者的生活质量不仅受到身体特征、工作时间和体育活动的影响，还受到水肿和色素沉着的影响。
