Key result
Preoperative depression and anxiety fail to predict neuropsychological functioning in CABG candidates.
Why the study?
The effect of depression and anxiety on neuropsychological test scores in candidates for coronary artery bypass graft surgery was unclear.
Do preoperative depression and anxiety affect neuropsychological test scores in candidates for coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Cross-Sectional (n=60)
Do preoperative depression and anxiety affect neuropsychological test scores in candidates for coronary artery bypass graft surgery?
Low levels of preoperative depression and anxiety do not appear to affect neuropsychological functioning among CABG candidates.
Low preoperative depression/anxiety levels do not predict neuropsychological scores in CABG candidates; leaves open effects of severe mood disorders on outcomes.
The effect of depression and anxiety upon neuropsychological test scores of candidates for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery was examined. Sixty patients were administered the Beck Depression Inventory II and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, along with a battery of neuropsychological tests. Regression analyses were conducted in which the neuropsychological test scores were predicted using age, education, depression, anxiety, and combined depression-anxiety scores. While age and education were significant predictors of several neuropsychological test measures, no significant regression analysis results were obtained for the depression, anxiety and combined depression-anxiety scores. Similarities and discrepancies between this research and previous studies are discussed. It appears that low levels of preoperative depression and anxiety states do not affect neuropsychological functioning among CABG candidates.
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Tsushima et al. (2005) conducted a cross-sectional in Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery candidates (n=60). Depression and anxiety was evaluated on Neuropsychological test scores. Preoperative depression and anxiety scores did not significantly predict neuropsychological functioning among 60 candidates for coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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