Key result
High perioperative stress and ICU traumatic memories predict variations in physical and mental HRQL.
Why the study?
Does high perioperative stress exposure in the intensive care unit negatively affect health-related quality-of-life outcomes after cardiac surgery?
Cohort (n=148)
No
Does high perioperative stress exposure in the intensive care unit negatively affect health-related quality-of-life outcomes after cardiac surgery?
High perioperative stress and the development of traumatic memories in the cardiovascular ICU are associated with worse physical and mental health-related quality of life 6 months after cardiac surgery.
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Should not yet change cardiac ICU practices; hypothesis-generating for interventions targeting perioperative stress.
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Schelling et al. (2003) conducted a cohort in Cardiac surgery (n=148). High perioperative stress exposure was evaluated on Variations in physical and mental health HRQL outcome scores (p=<.04). High perioperative stress exposure and traumatic memories in the intensive care unit significantly predicted variations in physical (R2=0.30, p<0.04) and mental (R2=0.52, p<0.01) quality of life.
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