title: Self-care and psychosocial adjustment of patients following cardiac surgery.
abstract: This research examined the role of self-care behavior of 151 patients (aged 40 to 80) on general psychological distress at one year after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. A tested hypothesis was that self-care practices would be associated with a lower level of distress one year after surgery. The results supported the beneficial effect of self-care on psychological adjustment, after controlling for the effects of the number of other chronic illnesses and post-CABG depression. The findings suggest that social work in health care and in-home care may help promote the psychosocial recovery process following surgery.
authors.affiliation: Joint Program of Social Work and Social Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1106, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Dunkle
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Bolling
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role; D012917:Social Adjustment