Following cardiac surgery, diminished hope is associated with older age, lower education, pre-operative depression, persistent pain, and being a woman living alone, highlighting targets for psychosocial interventions.
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May flag at-risk women for psychosocial support after cardiac surgery; hypothesis-generating for targeted intervention trials.
Bjørnnes et al. (2018) studied this question.
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