Objective: to assess the impact of valvular heart disease on the daily life of patients in the preoperative period of heart surgery. Methods: we conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study using consecutive sampling. We used the assessment instrument “Impact of Valvular Heart Disease on the Daily Life of Patients”, consisting of 14 items divided into four domains: “Physical impact - symptoms”, “Impact on acti...
Objective: to compare the preoperative symptoms of anxiety and depression among patients submitted to the first cardiac surgery. Methods: observational, analytic and cross-sectional study. A consecutive and non-probabilistic sample consisted of patients submitted to elective cardiac surgeries, without clinical decompensation on the day of the interview. To assess the anxiety and depression symptoms, the Hospita...