title: Patient's Perception About Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The diagnosis of coronary artery disease referred for heart surgery has an important psychological component. The purpose of this study was to access the difficulties experienced by individuals awaiting coronary artery bypass grafting and to determine strategies that facilitate adaptation to a new lifestyle, modified by the disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A qualitative, exploratory study involving patients admitted to a university teaching hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, awaiting coronary artery bypass grafting. Semi-structured interviews were performed in accordance with a previously defined script based on the study objective. Each transcription was read in its entirety to verify the representativeness, homogeneity and pertinence of the data obtained (pre-analysis), followed by separation of categories of analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The descriptions of this study show that patients admitted to the completion of coronary artery bypass grafting experience a wide range of psychological difficulties, considering that surgery acquires interpretations that vary according to individuals' subjectivity. The patients recognized the benefit of being able to discuss their feelings as a means of diminishing their fear and anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Helping patients find resources to confront more positively the daily hospitalization is an important aspect for the health care professionals who assist them. This goal can be achieved through modification of the biomedical model of care for a biopsychosocial view. The investment of time and attention is of fundamental importance and aims to overcome existing deficiencies that interfere with the outcome of patients after cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kelminda Maria Bulhões
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tarcisio Matos de
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Andrade
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001938:Brazil; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D057234:Preoperative Period; D036301:Qualitative Research