Comparative Study of Survival and Long-term Quality of Life After Cardiac Surgery in Patients Who Are Jehovah's Witnesses

Pierre Wauthy

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Cardiac surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03348072

CHUB-QoL Jehovah

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a comparative study on the survival and long-term quality of life of Jehovah's witnesses having undergone a cardiac surgery and having refused blood transfusions for religious reasons. This group will be compared with two other groups having no restrictions on this subject.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of this decision on survival and postoperative quality of life, in the long term.

Enrollment: 93 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cardiac surgery with extra corporeal blood circulation
• Informed consent given

Exclusion criteria

• Dementia (must be able to answer the questionnaire)
• Control group: refusal of blood transfusions

Trial design

93 participants in 2 patient groups

Jehovah's witnesses

Description:

Jehovah's witnesses having undergone cardiac surgery between 1991 till 2012. Blood perfusions refused.

Treatment:

Procedure: Cardiac surgery

Control

Description:

Paired control group, twice as big as the experimental group. Pairing criteria: age, sex, type of surgery performed. The control group must accept blood transfusions.

Treatment:

Procedure: Cardiac surgery