title: Symptom management intervention in elderly coronary artery bypass graft patients.
abstract: The purpose of this pilot study was to test the impact of a symptom management intervention (using a device called the Health Buddy) on recovery outcomes (symptom evaluation and response and postoperative problems) of elderly coronary artery bypass graft patients at time of discharge, at 2, 4, and 6 weeks after surgery, and at 6 months after surgery. While there were no statistically significant differences found for many of the study variables, there were trends in the intervention group of more improvement for many of the outcome variables, supporting the need for a randomized clinical trial.
authors.affiliation: Adult Health and Illness Department, College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, PO Box 880620, Lincoln, NE 68588-0620, USA. lzimmerm@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Lani
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barnason
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nieveen
authors.forename: Myra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmaderer
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*