Why the study?
Do spouses experience more psychologic distress than patients 6 weeks after coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Population
Patients and their spouses 6 weeks after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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Greater spousal distress after CABG may warrant family screening; leaves open intervention efficacy without prospective trials.
Do spouses experience more psychologic distress than patients 6 weeks after coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Spouses of CABG patients experience significant psychological distress during the recovery period, highlighting the need for targeted family-centered discharge interventions.
Shirley M. Moore (1994) studied this question.
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