What question did this study set out to answer?

To assess the prevalence, course, and determinants of late postoperative psychiatric symptoms in patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

November 1, 1976The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Psychopathology Observed on Follow-Up After Coronary Bypass Surgery

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Why the study?

What is the incidence of psychiatric symptoms at 18 months follow-up after coronary bypass surgery?

Population

46 coronary bypass patients and 32 cardiac valvular surgery patients

Comparison

Coronary bypass surgery vs Cardiac valvular surgery

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

about 18 months

Authors

CRCharles J. RabinerState University of New York AWAllen E. WillnerUniversität Hamburg

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Implication

May identify high-risk CABG patients preoperatively; leaves open screening value in prospective studies.

Key Points

To assess the prevalence, course, and determinants of late postoperative psychiatric symptoms in patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Evaluated 46 of 51 coronary bypass patients approximately 18 months postoperatively, alongside a comparison group of 32 of 46 cardiac valvular surgery patients.
Compared psychiatric symptom incidence observed during initial in-hospital recovery with symptoms reported at 18-month follow-up.
Analyzed the predictive relationship between preoperative psychiatric illness and the development of long-term psychiatric symptoms.
Postoperative psychiatric symptoms occurred in 8 of 51 patients (16%) during hospitalization and in 7 of 46 patients (15%) at the 18-month follow-up.
Patients exhibiting psychiatric symptoms at long-term follow-up represented an almost entirely distinct cohort from those with acute in-hospital symptoms.
Preoperative psychiatric illness was significantly associated with psychiatric symptoms at 18 months, whereas immediate postoperative symptoms showed no predictive association.

Structured PICO

What is the incidence of psychiatric symptoms at 18 months follow-up after coronary bypass surgery?

Population

46 coronary bypass patients and 32 cardiac valvular surgery patients

Intervention

Coronary bypass surgery

Comparator

Cardiac valvular surgery

Outcome

Incidence of postoperative psychiatric symptoms at about 18 months follow-uppatient reported

Psychiatric symptoms at 18 months post-coronary bypass surgery occur in about 15% of patients and are significantly related to preoperative psychiatric illness rather than immediate postoperative symptoms.

Cite This Study

Rabiner et al. (1976) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70ff6426a7f98052dd6ef9 https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-197611000-00001

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