title: How gender affects psychological adjustment one year after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
abstract: This research investigated gender differences in psychological adjustment among patients (112 males, 39 females) one year after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Information regarding post-CABG depression, non-cardiac chronic conditions, and socioeconomic variables were obtained from a survey. Additional cardiac, surgical, and demographic data were retrieved from a hospital computer database. Women were more likely than men to experience postoperative depression, attributable to their poor health. Depression one year post-CABG was predicted by non-cardiac chronic illnesses, postoperative fatigue and shortness of breath and socioeconomic status.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1285, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Dunkle
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Bolling
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Buchtel
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires