Mental Health and Depression after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Hassan Farrashbandi; Massomeh Jamshidi; Mohsen  Kianpoor; Shahdad Khosropanah; Hassan Haghshenas; Marieh Hosseini; Mohsen Kianpoor

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Mental Health and Depression after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Author(s):

Hassan Farrashbandi¹,

Massomeh Jamshidi²,

Mohsen Kianpoor^3,*,

Shahdad Khosropanah⁴,

Hassan Haghshenas⁵,

Marieh Hosseini⁶,

Mohsen Kianpoor⁶

1Department of Psychiatry, Research Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2Psychiatrist, Research Center of Psychi atry and Behavioral Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

4Department of Cardiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

5Department of Psychiatry, Resear ch Center of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

6Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

6Department of Psychiatry, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 16, issue 10(suppl)

Published online:Apr 20, 2014

Article type:Research Article

Received:Oct 03, 2013

Accepted:Dec 20, 2013

How to Cite:Hassan FarrashbandiMassomeh JamshidiMohsen KianpoorShahdad Khosropanah Hassan HaghshenasMarieh Hosseini Mohsen Kianpooret al.Mental Health and Depression after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft.Zahedan J Res Med Sci.16(10(suppl)):null-null.

Abstract

Background: Mental health of those with ischemic heart disease (IHD) has been a focus of attention of researchers since it has always been considered as a psychosomatic disorder. The present study was designed to investigate mental health status of a group of patients before and after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).

Materials and Methods: In this longitudinal descriptive study 63 candidates for CABG, referred by cardiologist and cardiac surgeon in a 6 month period were asked to take part in the study if they didn't have any exclusion criteria. The patients were the out-patients of cardiac clinics in Shiraz, Iran. The patients were assessed by general health questionnaire (GHQ-28) and beck depression inventory (BDI) at 3 phases, before surgery, 1 month after surgery and three months after surgery.

Results: The analysis did not show significant statistical change in GHQ-28 and BDI measures before and after CABG. There were statistically significant differences in the mentioned measures between male and female participants in initial assessment, i.e., women scores were higher than men in distress scores measured by GHQ-28 and BDI.

Conclusion: In our study, we observed no statistically significant differences between pre and post operation in general health and depression scales. However women showed higher degrees of depressed mood at any step of assessment.

Keywords

Depression

Mental health

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Ischemic Heart Disease

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