Quality of life has been identified as a better indicator of
success following heart surgery than objective measures, such
as mortality and morbidity (Corcoran & Durham 2000,
Healthy People 2010, 2003, Hunt 2000, Lei & Chiou 2000).
Anxiety and coping have been identified as important factors
associated with quality of life in post-CABG patients (Fok &
Wong 2005, Hwang et al. 1997, Jeng 1999, Karlsson et al.
2000; Ku et al. 2002). High anxiety levels can result from
ineffective coping, and coping can be affected by anxiety
(Ben-Zur et al. 2000). However, research concerning the
relationship between anxiety, coping and quality of life for
Taiwanese post-CABG patients is lacking. To help close the
gap, our study explored the relationship between ways of
coping, anxiety and quality of life in male and female
Taiwanese post-CABG patients, the effects of demographics
on these variables and identified predictors of better quality
of life using these variables.