Key result
A symptom management intervention significantly lowered fatigue scores at 6 weeks (Z=1.96, P<.05) and increased physical activity at 3 months (Z=-1.71, P<.05) in women after CABG surgery.
Why the study?
Does a symptom management intervention improve symptom evaluation, physical functioning, and physical activity in women aged 65 and older after coronary artery bypass surgery?
Population
40 female patients aged 65 years and older recovering from coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
Comparison
Symptom management (SM) intervention vs Control group (implied, n=17)
Design
Other
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
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May support symptom management to ease fatigue and increase activity in older women post-CABG; leaves open confirmation in larger randomized trials.
RCT (n=40)
Does a symptom management intervention improve symptom evaluation, physical functioning, and physical activity in women aged 65 and older after coronary artery bypass surgery?
p-value: p=< .05
A targeted symptom management intervention may improve fatigue and physical activity in older women recovering from coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Zimmerman et al. (2007) conducted an RCT in Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (n=40). Symptom management intervention vs. Control group was evaluated on Postoperative symptom evaluation, physical functioning, and physical activity (p=< .05). A symptom management intervention significantly lowered fatigue scores at 6 weeks (Z=1.96, P<.05) and increased physical activity at 3 months (Z=-1.71, P<.05) in women after CABG surgery.
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