Key result
Post-CABG patients report improved lifestyle habits but higher anxiety linked to pessimism and poor coping.
Why the study?
Post-CABG patients experience changes in lifestyle and psychological distress, but the relationship between coping strategies, pessimism, and quality of life post-surgery needed further characterization.
Cross-Sectional (n=171)
Alerts clinicians to post-CABG anxiety despite lifestyle gains; leaves open whether interventions improve outcomes.
A mail questionnaire was completed by 171 patients two to 20 months after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). The post-CABG period was characterized by fewer working hours, a higher level of physical exercise, a reduction in smoking, and more appropriate nutritional habits, compared with the preoperation period. At the same time, the anxiety level of post-CABG patients was higher than that measured in a community sample. Post-CABG high psychological distress (anxiety and mood states) and low functional capacity were associated with high levels of pessimism and ineffective emotion-focused coping strategies. These results may be used by social workers in devising psychological interventions aimed at improving post-CABG patients' quality of life and bolstering their coping strategies.
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Ben‐Zur et al. (2000) conducted a cross-sectional in Post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) (n=171). Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) vs. Preoperation period and community sample was evaluated on Lifestyle changes, anxiety levels, psychological distress, and functional capacity. Post-CABG patients reported improved lifestyle habits but higher anxiety than a community sample, with psychological distress associated with high pessimism and ineffective coping strategies.
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