Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 22 No. 1, 2010.
Conference paper
THE EFFECTS OF CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES ON HEALTH – RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, AND EMOTIONAL STATUS OUTCOMES: A PROSPECTIVE 6 – MONTH FOLLOW – UP STUDY
Hans-Bernd Rothenhäusler
; Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 31, A-8010 Graz, Graz, Austria
Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the course of health – related quality of life, cognitive and emotional change
during the six months after elective CABG, and to investigate how cognitive impairments, depression and posttraumatic stress
symptoms were related to quality of life.
Method: In a prospective study, we followed up for 6 months 138 of the original 147 patients who had undergone elective CABG
surgery.
Conclusion: Elective CABG is associated with significant improvements in HRQOL relative to the preoperative period, but
impairments in HRQOL were found in a subgroup of post – CABG patients with evidence of PTSD, depression, or cognitive
impairments at 6 – month follow – up.
Keywords
coronary artery bypass graft surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass: cognitive impairments; depression; posttraumatic stress disorder; health; related quality of life; consultation; liaison psychiatry
Hrčak ID:
48669
URI
Publication date:
10.2.2010.
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