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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1984; 32(6): 337-340
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1023419
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery - Impact upon a Patient's Wife - A Pilot Study

T. Goldschmidt1 , N. Brooks2 , B. Sethia3 , D. J. Wheatley3 , M. Bond2
  • 1William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
  • 2Department of Psychological Medicine, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland
  • 3Department of Cardiac Surgery, Glasgow University, The Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland
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1984

Publication Date:
29 May 2008 (online)

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Summary

A pilot study of the wives of 19 coronary artery surgery patients assessed levels and predictors of affective Symptoms. A substantial Proportion of wives (40 to 50%) reported levels of depression (but not anxiety) severe enough to warrant treatment, and many attributed this to the effects of their husband's Operation. Neither the wives' expectations of patient outcome, nor the objectively asessed surgical outcome bore any relationship to the wives' affective State. A previous Psychiatric history in a wife was possibly related to her affective State, but her ‘N’ score (emotionality) on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was very strongly related to her State.

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Affective Symptoms - Coronary artery bypass - Family - Depression

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