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QOL

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the influence factor to the QOL of the heart disease patients. We carried out anonymous self-reported questionnaire survey on 2 occasions, at the time of discharge and at the first outpatient appointment at approximately two weeks after discharge. In the first survey, we asked patients what kind of concerns about daily life after discharge and we also collected patient's background from medical record. In the second survey, we asked the self-care behaviors as well as QOL using "MacNew Heart Disease Health Related Quality of Life Questionnaire". We obtained the following results and conclusions. QOL did not have any differences by sex and age. However, the patients who live alone have higher QOL than the patients who live with someone. QOL did not correlated to self-care behaviors. The patients who were worried about recurrence or aggravation of the heart problem in future at the time of discharge have higher QOL than those who were not. It is suggested that there is the need to clarify the mechanism that these factors will affect the QOL.