OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between psychological factors and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHOD: We studied 212 adults undergoing CABG surgery preoperatively to assess depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and illness perceptions and then followed them up during the in-hospital stay to measure length of ICU stay. RESULTS: Greater preoperative concern about the illness (B = .200, 95% CI [.094, .305], p = < .001), but not depression or anxiety symptoms, was significantly related to longer ICU stays after controlling for demographic, clinical, and behavioral covariates. CONCLUSIONS: Illness concern may be particularly relevant for CABG recovery, though more work is needed to delineate the exact mechanisms of this effect. PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between psychological factors and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHOD: We studied 212 adults undergoing CABG surgery preoperatively to assess depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and illness perceptions and then followed them up during the in-hospital stay to measure length of ICU stay. RESULTS: Greater preoperative concern about the illness (B = .200, 95% CI [.094, .305], p = < .001), but not depression or anxiety symptoms, was significantly related to longer ICU stays after controlling for demographic, clinical, and behavioral covariates. CONCLUSIONS: Illness concern may be particularly relevant for CABG recovery, though more work is needed to delineate the exact mechanisms of this effect. PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved.
Authors: Nicole Horn; Johannes A C Laferton; Meike C Shedden-Mora; Rainer Moosdorf; Winfried Rief; Stefan Salzmann Journal: J Behav Med Date: 2022-05-06