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An analysis of patients' psychosocial adjustment and values before and after coronary artery surgery. 1998

N A Flanagan

Texas Woman's University, College of Nursing, Houston 77030-2897, USA.

This study describes the impact of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery on patients' personal values. The relationship between the difference in value ranks and psychosocial adjustment to CABG surgery was also investigated. A one-group pretest-posttest design was employed to identify the differences between pre- and postsurgery value ranks. A consecutive sample of 67 participants ranked two sets of 18 values using the Rokeach Value Survey 1 day before and 6 months after surgery. At 6 months after surgery, psychosocial adjustment was also measured, using the Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale (PAIS). A Pearson product-moment correlation was calculated to test the hypothesis that a direct relationship exists between the difference in value ranks and positive psychosocial adjustment to CABG surgery. Fifty-six participants completed the 6-month follow-up survey. The median value ranks for the three most and least important values of each set were essentially the same for the ranks obtained before and after surgery. The PAIS results obtained 6 months after surgery indicated that all but 4 of the 56 participants had a positive psychosocial adjustment to surgery. There was no significant relationship between PAIS and value difference scores.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011795	Surveys and Questionnaires	Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions.	Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000223	Adaptation, Psychological	A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).	Behavior, Adaptive,Healthy Adaptation,Positive Adaptation,Psychological Recovery,Adaptation, Psychologic,Adjustment,Psychological Adaptation,Adaptation, Healthy,Adaptation, Positive,Adaptive Behavior,Adaptive Behaviors,Healthy Adaptations,Positive Adaptations,Psychologic Adaptation,Psychological Recoveries,Recovery, Psychological
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old