Table 2.
Quality of life indices 3 months after discharge stratified by diagnosis group
| Questionnaire, median (25th–75th percentile) | NSTEMI n=110 |
UAP n=133 |
Non-coronary cardiac disease n=51 |
Non-cardiac disease n=49 |
NCCP n=431 |
P value |
| SAQ-7 | n=110 | n=133 | n=51 | n=49 | n=431 | |
| Angina frequency (SAQ7-AF) | 100 (80–100) | 90 (60–100) | 90 (80–100) | 100 (80–100) | 100 (80–100) | 0.003 |
| Quality of life (SAQ7-QL) | 88 (50–100) | 63 (38–100) | 63 (38–100) | 75 (50–100) | 75 (50–100) | 0.009 |
| Physical limitation (SAQ7-PL) | 92 (67–100) | 75 (58–100) | 75 (50–100) | 83 (52–100) | 100 (59–100) | 0.001 |
| Summary score (SAQ7) | 88 (70–100) | 75 (52–100) | 75 (55–94) | 83 (68–100) | 84 (70–100) | <0.001 |
| RAND-12 | n=42 | n=77 | n=21 | n=22 | n=215 | |
| PCS-12 median | 54 (41–60) | 46 (35–55) | 50 (36–55) | 44 (35–57) | 52 (38–57) | 0.079 |
| MCS-12 median | 54 (45–60) | 50 (41–56) | 48 (35–60) | 48 (39–57) | 51 (41–58) | 0.455 |
NCCP, non-cardiac chest pain; NSTEMI, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; SAQ-7, Seattle Angina Questionnaire 7; UAP, unstable angina pectoris.