Key result
In the preoperative period of cardiac surgery, the highest reported prevalences were 41.5% for anxiety and 28.3% for depression.
Why the study?
What is the frequency of anxiety and depression in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery?
Systematic Review (n=17)
What is the frequency of anxiety and depression in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery?
Anxiety and depression are highly prevalent in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery, reaching up to 41.5% and 28.3% respectively, highlighting the need for psychological assessment and intervention.
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Warrants routine preoperative psychological screening in cardiac surgery; reinforces high anxiety and depression burden in this population.
Objective: to analyze the frequency of anxiety and depression in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery in the scientific literature. Methods: this is an integrative review, whose corpus of analysis consisted of 17 articles, in a search carried out on the platforms MEDLINE (Pubmed), SCOPUS, CUIDEN, and SciELO. Results: the highest prevalences were 41.5% for anxiety and 28.3% for depression. Most of the studies on anxiety were developed from 2011; nine cohorts evaluated the negative repercussion of preoperative pain anxiety, postoperative anxiety, postoperative morbidity and mortality in the follow-up of up to 7.6 years. Conclusion: most studies reported anxiety and depression as significant conditions in the preoperative period.
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Gomes et al. (2017) conducted a systematic review in Anxiety and depression in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery (n=17). Preoperative period of cardiac surgery was evaluated on Prevalence of anxiety and depression. In the preoperative period of cardiac surgery, the highest reported prevalences were 41.5% for anxiety and 28.3% for depression.
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