The association between hope, marital status, depression and persistent pain in men and women following cardiac surgery.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cardiac surgery is a major life event, and outcomes after surgery are associated with men's and women's ability to self-manage and cope with their cardiac condition in everyday life. Hope is suggested to impact cardiac health by having a positive effect on how adults cope with and adapt to illness and recommended lifestyle changes. METHODS:We did a secondary analysis of 416 individuals (23% women) undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft and/or valve surgery between March 2012 and September 2013 enrolled in randomized controlled trial. Hope was assessed using The Herth Hope Index (HHI) at three, six and 12 months following cardiac surgery. Linear mixed model analyses were performed to explore associations after cardiac surgery between hope, marital status, depression, pe

SUBMITTER: Bjornnes AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5749023 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature