Key result
Despite good physiologic outcomes, coronary artery surgery was associated with poor psychosocial adaptation at 1-2 years, with 83% of patients unemployed and 57% sexually impaired.
Why the study?
What are the psychosocial outcomes and preoperative factors associated with adaptation 1-2 years after coronary artery surgery?
Population
30 patients undergoing coronary artery surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1-2 years
Authors
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May warrant psychosocial assessment after coronary artery surgery; leaves open causal predictors in larger prospective studies.
Cohort (n=30)
What are the psychosocial outcomes and preoperative factors associated with adaptation 1-2 years after coronary artery surgery?
Despite good physiologic outcomes, patients undergoing coronary artery surgery may experience poor psychosocial adaptation, particularly if preoperative symptoms lasted 8 months or longer.
Gundle et al. (1980) conducted a cohort in Coronary artery disease requiring surgery (n=30). Coronary artery surgery was evaluated on Psychosocial adaptation. Despite good physiologic outcomes, coronary artery surgery was associated with poor psychosocial adaptation at 1-2 years, with 83% of patients unemployed and 57% sexually impaired.
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