Social Support and Depression After Cardiac Surgery in Elderly Patients
Why the study?
Do subtype measures of social support predict depression better than summary measures in elderly patients 6 months after cardiac surgery?
Population
155 older patients after cardiac surgery
Comparison
Subtype measures of social support vs Summary measures of social support
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Subtype social support measures may refine post-cardiac surgery depression risk assessment in elderly patients; leaves open prospective validation and causal inference.
Structured PICO
Do subtype measures of social support predict depression better than summary measures in elderly patients 6 months after cardiac surgery?
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Population
155 older patients after cardiac surgery
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Intervention
Subtype measures of social support
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Comparator
Summary measures of social support
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Outcome
Depression 6 months after cardiac surgerypatient reported
Subtype measures of social support are more informative than summary measures for predicting depression 6 months after cardiac surgery in elderly patients.
Cite This Study
Oxman et al. (1994) studied this question.