Psychiatric outcome in men and women after coronary bypass surgery

Depressive symptomatology in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients

“…The time to follow-up varies from 1 to 5 years postoperatively in those studies, while it is 6 months in our study. A quarter of the patients in the present study had resolved depressive symptomatology, which is consistent with many reports of improvement in depression after CABG (Jenkins et al, 1983;Langeluddecke et al, 1989;Mayou and Bryant, 1987;McKhann et al, 1997;Sokol et al, 1987). Eighteen per cent of patients had continued signi®cant depressive symptomatology.…”

The Role of Private Prayer in Psychological Recovery Among Midlife and Aged Patients Following Cardiac Surgery

“…For patients with CHD, CASG has achieved impressive long-term clinical efficacy in terms of symptom relief. However, the postoperative quality of life may be decreased to levels lower than that expected by patients due to poor psychological adjustment (Sokol, Folks, Herrick, & Freeman, 1987;Townes et aI., 1989).…”

How Gender Affects Psychological Adjustment One Year After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

“…Despite its clinical efficacy in terms of relieving symptoms, persistent psychological difficulties, particularly depression, are present, lasting six months to one year or more after CABG surgery (Hagen, 1991;Lindal, 1990;Magni et al, 1987;Perski et al, 1991;Sokol, Folks, David, Herrick, & Freeman, 1987). Depression is characterized as a disorder of mood and is accompanied with other changes-cognitive, physiological, and behavioral disturbances (Bertrus, Elmore, Woods, & Hamilton, 1995).…”

“…Rankin (1989) believed that women have more difficulties in receiving postoperative care due to their multiple roles and the likelihood of living alone at the time of surgery. One study reported that women had more preoperative depression but not following surgery (Sokol, Folks, David, Herrick, & Freeman, 1987). More empirical research is warranted to discover the precise way that gender affects long-term postoperative depression.…”

“…Gender differences in CHD treatment, especially in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), have been recognized in recent years (Shumaker & Czajkowski, 1993). Consistently, CHD-related studies suggest that women with CHD are at high risk for psychological distress, especially depressive symptoms (Holahan, Moos, Holahan, & Brennan, 1995;Sokol, Folks, David, Herrick, & Freeman, 1987;Stanton, 1987). Depression hinders recovery and predicts new cardiac events.…”