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Fernanda Appolonio Rocha1, Esdras Marques Lins1, Catarina Coelho de Almeida2
1Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE, Disciplina de Cirurgia Vascular, Recife, PE, Brasil.
Background:
Lower limb varicose veins are one of the most prevalent diseases in the global population. The disease is chronic and has a great impact on patients' quality of life, limiting daily activities and functional performance. Several authors have emphasized the importance of including quality of life assessment in management of patients with chronic venous disease.
Objectives:
To evaluate quality of life before and after surgical treatment of patients with varicose veins.
Methods:
A before and after study design was employed. Ninety-two people with varicose veins of the lower limbs were treated surgically. Patients were divided into subsets according to age and CEAP clinical classification. Quality of life was assessed using the VEINES QOL/SYM questionnaire, administered during the preoperative period and 60 days after the operation.
Results:
The sample comprised 92 subjects, 82.6% (76) of whom were women and mean age was 45.7±12.11 years. CEAP class 2 was the most frequent clinical classification, in 57.6% of patients. There was a significant difference in scores before and after surgery among patients aged from 30 to 40 years. There was no difference between preoperative and postoperative scores between different CEAP groups.
Conclusions:
No difference in quality of life was observed after surgery in most of the patients in the present study.
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