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Fear of coronary artery bypass surgery: What do patients experience as helpful?

Not Applicable
Conditions
fear of aortocoronary bypass operation
Registration Number
DRKS00000696
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychosomatik - Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
241
Inclusion Criteria

planned aortocoronary bypass grafting, also combined with valve surgery and / or MAZE
- first aortocoronary bypass operation
- at least 18 years old
- ability to communicate (knowledge of the German language, comprehension of the study, appropriate answers to the questions)
- written consent

Exclusion Criteria

most severe physical and mental burden due to the illness

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change in situational fear before the operation before and after intervention (STOA-S, linear fear scale)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- anxiety (STOA-S, anxiety scale) after surgery (in-hospital before discharge and after 3 months)<br>- duration of postoperative ventilation (documentation of intensive care unit)<br>- postoperative pain (utilization of drugs, entries in case report forms, in-hospital before discharge)<br>- retrospective assessment of preoperative anxiety (in-hospital before discharge and after 3 months) <br>- change of STOA-T after 3 months
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