Evaluation of preoperative and postoperative survival of patients with varicose veins

The problem of varicose veins, as well as creating visual problems for individuals, It also impedes the fulfillment of individuals' daily life activities and affects their quality of life negatively. Nowadays, minimally invasive procedures are frequently used in variceal therapy and affect the quality of life of the individual positively. Research to determine the change in quality of life before and after minimally invasive procedures in patients with varicose veins problems, was conducted as a cross sectional study. The study of 150 patients with preoperative surgery with minimally invasive procedures, and quality of life after the date between 16.05.2016-30.03.2017 were evaluated and compared. The data used the SPSS 22.0 program to examine the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients (Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard deviation) as well as normal distribution in the Kolmogorov-Smirnov distribution test Kolmogorov-Smirnov distribution test. Both of groups, the Mann Whitney U test was used for comparison of quantitative data. The Kruskal Wallis test was used to compare the parameters with no normal distribution, and the Mann Whitney U test was used to determine the group that caused the difference. Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for comparison between two groups of parameters. The findings were evaluated at the 0.05 significance level. In the study, it was determined that women, individuals aged 51-60 years, the ones with BKI> 30, and individuals with pregnancy stories had a higher prevalence of variceal disease and lower quality of life. In addition, for patients with minimally invasive procedures, the clinical severity of the illness decreased and the quality of life improved in the positive direction during the post operation period. Keywords: Venous insufficiency, quality of life, varicose veins, nursing care, compression stockings