Key result
Coronary artery bypass surgery significantly increased pain intensity and decreased self-efficacy in the early postoperative period, with higher state anxiety correlating with lower self-efficacy.
Why the study?
The impact of preoperative anxiety on how patients perceive their capabilities, physical attractiveness, and emotions evoked by their bodies remains largely unaddressed despite playing a significant role in quality of life after coronary artery bypass surgery.
Observational (n=50)
No
Absolute Event Rate: 3.205% vs 0.487%
p-value: p=< 0.001
Higher trait anxiety before CABG surgery is associated with greater postoperative pain, and increased postoperative pain correlates with lower self-efficacy.
Preoperative anxiety links to reduced self-efficacy after CABG; extends sparse observational data on body esteem but remains hypothesis-generating.
Introduction: Despite the large amount of researches addressed the issue of the relationship between the intensity of preoperative symptoms of depression and/ or anxiety with their postoperative intensity and any complications after surgery, there have been almost unaddressed such subjects as how the patients perceive their own capabilities or physical attractiveness, and the emotions which are evoked by various aspects of their own bodies, including postoperative scars. These aspects play a significant role in assessing the quality of patients' life and have a significant impact on the overall assessment of the surgery as an event, in both the short- and long-term perspective. Aim: To evaluate the relationship between anxiety, pain level, self-efficacy and body esteem in the pre- and postoperative periods among patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass surgery. Material and methods: Prospective studies were carried out in a group of 50 patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass surgery, either on a planned or urgent basis. Anxiety, both as a state and as a trait, was assessed using the Polish version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was employed to evaluate pain. The Self-Efficacy Gauge measured self-efficacy, while the Body Esteem Scale assessed body esteem. Results and Conclusions: The intensity of state anxiety significantly negatively correlated with self-efficacy following CABG surgery. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between the intensity of painand self-efficacy in the postoperative period. Among female patients, the intensity of pain, both pre- and post-operatively, negatively correlated with their assessment of body esteem concerning physical condition at the respective time points. When assessing anxiety as a trait during the perioperative period, a positive correlation with pain intensification after CABG was identified.
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Krakowska et al. (2024) conducted an observational in Coronary artery disease scheduled for CABG (n=50). Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) vs. Preoperative baseline was evaluated on Pain intensity (Visual Analog Scale) (p=< 0.001). Coronary artery bypass surgery significantly increased pain intensity and decreased self-efficacy in the early postoperative period, with higher state anxiety correlating with lower self-efficacy.
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