QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
The purpose of the paper is to estimate the quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and bronchial asthma, taking gender into account. Materials and methods. An open prospective clinical study included 60 patients with stable angina (Grade I-III) and bronchial asthma. The patients were divided into two groups according to their gender: group I consisted of 32 men, group II included 28 women. CHD was detected by diagnostic search algorithms (recommendations of the Russian Society of Cardiology for stable coronary heart disease, 2020). The results of noninvasive and invasive tests and the clinical features of a disease were also taken into account. Patients' quality of life was estimated by SF-36 questionnaire. The authors used statistical analysis to process the obtained data. Results. Psychological and mental components of health were calculated by SF-36 questionnaire. Psychological distress was observed in both study groups equifrequently. Women's physical activity was almost two times lower than that in men. Thus, health problems limited women's daily activities more often. Conclusion. Physical health in patients with stable angina and bronchial asthma, assessed by SF-36 questionnaire, is significantly lower in women compared to men. At the same time, psychological distress, manifested by anxiety or depression, is observed in men and women equifrequently.