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Brief Report

The Role of Psychological Support in Cardiac Surgery: Initial Experience

by
Fabrizio Sansone
1,*,
Erika Bellini
2,
Sabrina Ghersi
2,
Edoardo Zingarelli
1,
Roberto Flocco
1,
Guglielmo Mario Actis Dato
1,
Pier Giuseppe Forsennati
1,
Francesco Parisi
1,
Giuseppe Punta
1,
Gian Luca Bardi
1,
Stefano del Ponte
1 and
Riccardo Casabona
1
1
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Turin
2
Department of Psychology, Mauriziano Hospital Umberto I, Turin
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2011, 1(4), e100; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e100
Submission received: 21 September 2011 / Revised: 18 October 2011 / Accepted: 18 October 2011 / Published: 7 November 2011

Abstract

The scientific literature has pointed out several predictors of negative outcome after surgery such as pain and depression, negatively affecting the postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery. From January 2009 until June 2010, 15 patients scheduled for cardiac surgery were enrolled. The patients were assessed by psychological evaluation either in the hospital stay either in the rehabilitation period with the aim of identifying their emotional condition (sentiments about the onset of the disease, support received from family and friends) even by means of preformed tests for anxiety and depression (tests of Stay and Back). Thus, in our preliminary experience, the psychological evaluation failed to detect the occurrence of postoperative complications. Conversely, the psychological evaluation is very effective in detecting a poor emotional state and the psychological support decreases the degree of anxiety and depression with positive effects on postoperative outcome. In conclusion, a standardize test for anxiety and depression should be used for patients at hospital admission to detect who may benefits by psychological support.
Keywords: cardiac surgery; psychological assessment; psychologists; rehabilitation; postoperative course; surgery; outcome cardiac surgery; psychological assessment; psychologists; rehabilitation; postoperative course; surgery; outcome

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Sansone, F.; Bellini, E.; Ghersi, S.; Zingarelli, E.; Flocco, R.; Actis Dato, G.M.; Forsennati, P.G.; Parisi, F.; Punta, G.; Bardi, G.L.; et al. The Role of Psychological Support in Cardiac Surgery: Initial Experience. Clin. Pract. 2011, 1, e100. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e100

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Sansone F, Bellini E, Ghersi S, Zingarelli E, Flocco R, Actis Dato GM, Forsennati PG, Parisi F, Punta G, Bardi GL, et al. The Role of Psychological Support in Cardiac Surgery: Initial Experience. Clinics and Practice. 2011; 1(4):e100. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e100

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Sansone, Fabrizio, Erika Bellini, Sabrina Ghersi, Edoardo Zingarelli, Roberto Flocco, Guglielmo Mario Actis Dato, Pier Giuseppe Forsennati, Francesco Parisi, Giuseppe Punta, Gian Luca Bardi, and et al. 2011. "The Role of Psychological Support in Cardiac Surgery: Initial Experience" Clinics and Practice 1, no. 4: e100. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e100

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