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P01-302 - The Effects of Cardiac Surgery on Health - Related Quality of Life, and Emotional Status Outcomes: a Follow-up Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

H.-B. Rothenhäusler  and
A. Stepan
H.-B. Rothenhäusler
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine of Graz, Graz, Austria
A. Stepan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine of Graz, Graz, Austria

Abstract

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Objective

The aim of this study was to assess the course of quality of life and emotional status outcomes during the six months after elective CABG.

Method

In a prospective study, we followed up for 6 months 138 of the original 147 CABG patients. A series of psychometric self - rating scales were administered.

Results

The ratings obtained from the BDI reflected significant decreases in levels of depression from preoperative to 6 - month follow - up assessments (before surgery = 6.5 ± 4.9; at 6 - month follow - up = 4.6 ± 4.7; p < 0.001). The PTSS - 10 ratings from the whole sample reflected significant decreases in levels of PTSD symptoms from preoperative to 6 - month follow - up evaluations (before surgery = 18.2 ± 6.7; at 6 - month follow - up = 17.3 ± 8.0; p < 0.01). The measurements of health - related quality of life indicated significantly higher SF - 36 values on all of the eight health - related domains from preoperative to 6 - month follow - up. However, at 6 - month follow - up, patients with clinical depression and posstraumatic stress symptoms had significantly lower SF - 36 values on a variety of SF-36 domains.

Conclusion

Elective CABG is associated with significant improvements in HRQOL relative to the preoperative period, but impairments in HRQOL were found in a subgroup of post - CABG patients with evidence of PTSD, or depression at 6 - month follow - up.

Type
Consultation liaison psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E510
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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