PMID- 18621938
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080820
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 0033-3182 (Print)
IS  - 0033-3182 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 4
DP  - 2008 Jul-Aug
TI  - Depression, anxiety, and neuropsychological performance in coronary artery bypass 
      graft patients: a follow-up study.
PG  - 326-31
LID - 10.1176/appi.psy.49.4.326 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Undergoing coronary-artery bypass surgery (CABG) remains a 
      significant life-event, with an important psycho-emotional impact on patients and 
      their families. OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the incidence and course of 
      depression and anxiety in CABG patients before and after surgery. METHOD: The 
      long-term relationship between mood disorders and neuropsychological deficits was 
      studied 1 day before and 6 days (N=53), 6 months (N=37), and 3-5 years (N=43) 
      after the procedure. RESULTS: Before surgery, one-third of the patients showed 
      mild-to-moderate cognitive-affective symptoms of depression. After surgery, 
      one-fourth still showed elevated depression scores, whereas anxiety was 
      significantly decreased at all post-operative time-points. Patients with higher 
      pre-operative symptoms of depression showed sustained feelings of depression 
      after surgery. Visuomotor performance was most affected by mood. CONCLUSION: Data 
      indicated that patients with preoperative moderate cognitive-affective depression 
      could be at risk for sustained feelings of depression even up to 5 years after 
      surgery.
FAU - Stroobant, Nathalie
AU  - Stroobant N
AD  - University Hospital, Ghent, Laboratory for Neuropsychology, 4K3, De Pintelaan 
      185, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium. Nathalie.Stroobant@UGent.be
FAU - Vingerhoets, Guy
AU  - Vingerhoets G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Psychosomatics
JT  - Psychosomatics
JID - 0376506
SB  - IM
MH  - Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Cognition Disorders/diagnosis/*epidemiology/*physiopathology
MH  - Coronary Artery Bypass/*psychology
MH  - Demography
MH  - Depressive Disorder, Major/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Perceptual Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Postoperative Care/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Preoperative Care/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Visual Perception/physiology
EDAT- 2008/07/16 09:00
MHDA- 2008/08/21 09:00
CRDT- 2008/07/16 09:00
PHST- 2008/07/16 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/08/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/07/16 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 49/4/326 [pii]
AID - 10.1176/appi.psy.49.4.326 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychosomatics. 2008 Jul-Aug;49(4):326-31. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.49.4.326.