Why the study?
What is the course and factor structure of depressive symptoms measured by the CES-D in patients undergoing heart surgery?
Population
570 patients undergoing heart surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
12.5 months
Authors
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Supports refined CES-D monitoring of post-heart surgery depression; leaves open generalizability and clinical utility.
What is the course and factor structure of depressive symptoms measured by the CES-D in patients undergoing heart surgery?
An 18-item, three-factor version of the CES-D is a stable and valid tool for measuring the trajectory of depressive symptoms in patients recovering from heart surgery.
Contrada et al. (2006) studied this question.
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