Preoperative Patient Reported Mental Health is Associated with High Grade Complications after Radical Cystectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Psychological distress has been associated with an impaired immune response and poor wound healing. We hypothesized that preoperative patient reported mental health would be associated with high grade 30-day complications after radical cystectomy.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively identified patients who underwent radical cystectomy for bladder cancer who completed Short Form 12 (SF-12) surveys for self-assessment of health status less than 6 months before surgery. Median physical and mental composite scores were calculated. An expert model including known predictors of postoperative high grade complications was developed, and SF-12 physical composite score and mental composite score were added to determine their association with this end point.

Results

SUBMITTER: Sharma P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4924593 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature