January 4, 2017Open Access

Preoperative optimization of patient expectations improves long-term outcome in heart surgery patients: results of the randomized controlled PSY-HEART trial

WRWinfried RiefBoston University MSMeike Shedden‐MoraUniversität für Weiterbildung Krems JLJohannes A. C. LafertonUniversity of Kassel

Structured PICO

Does preoperative optimization of patient expectations improve long-term outcomes in heart surgery patients?

Population

Heart surgery patients

Intervention

Preoperative optimization of patient expectations

Outcome

Long-term outcome

Preoperative optimization of patient expectations may improve long-term outcomes in heart surgery patients.

Abstract

Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the IRB of the Medical School, University of Marburg, and the trial was registered at ( NCT01407055 ) on July 25, 2011.

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