Psychological Factors as a Prediction of Success in Duodenal Ulcer Surgery

Abstract

An attempt was made to relate the outcome of surgery to psychosocial factors in an unselected series of 30 male patients with duodenal ulcer. Though statistically significant differences did not emerge on the psychosocial parameters studied, patients with good surgical results were less likely to give histories of preoperative anxiety or depression or to show evidence of these at interview. They also had lower ratings on Hamilton Rating and Deprivation Scales, and were more likely to have hopeful expectations of operation and positive attitudes towards previous medical treatment. Patients with psychiatric illness or psychological deprivation having sugery for chronic duodenal ulceration, can expect almost as good a surgical result as those without these difficulties. They are unlikely to show increased psychiatric morbidity, postoperatively.

Pattern of mental ill health morbidities following hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disorders among Nigerian women

“…Surgical patients have long been reported with varying psychosomatic symptoms before and after major operation [ 1 - 3 ]. The degree of their manifestations is influenced by quality of preoperative information provided, the clinical diagnosis of whether benign or malignant, associated postoperative complications as well as extent of re-integration into the routine premorbid activities1[ 1 , 4 , 5 ].…”