title: Psychological factors and recovery from cardiac surgery.
abstract: 21 Subjects awaiting open-heart surgery were given personality and attitude questionnaires. They were re-tested six months after the operation, when they were divided into "completely recovered" (I) and "not completely recovered" (II) groups, according to the New York Heart Association classification. Results showed that Group I was significantly less depressed, more optimistic about the future and had a more positive attitude towards others. Group II realised they had been very ill and had a more negative attitude towards their spouses. Group I was found to be much better adjusted, vocationally and psychosexually, than Group II.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010551:Personality; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology