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Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
2014
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- Psychological assessment of patients undergoing cardiac transplant in a teaching hospital (2004 to 2012) Sara dos Santos Cunha Maria Cristina de Oliveira Santos Miyazaki Daniel Fernando Villafanha Randolfo dos Santos Junior Neide Aparecida Micelli Domingos Medicina Clinical Psychology Patient Care Team Behavioral Medicine Heart Transplantation Objective: To analyze the psychological evaluations of patients with heart failure waiting for heart transplantation. Methods: The data were obtained from patient records containing pre-surgery psychological evaluations performed by psychologists from the multidisciplinary cardiology team. The evaluation protocol included the Quality of Life Questionnaire (SF-36), Beck Depression Inventory, and an interview script. Results: The results of psychological evaluations performed between 2004 and 2012 for 60 candidates for heart transplan - tation were analyzed: 43 men and 17 women aged between 16 and 66 years (Mean=45.18; SD=11.91), predominantly from the São José do Rio Preto area (São Paulo state, Brazil) (83%), with incomplete elementary education (68%), and who were in stable relationships (73%). Although women presented higher mean scores for depression (21.41) than men (14.61), there was no significant difference between genders. Women’s quality of life was impaired in all domains compared to men (below 50%) and was significantly poorer in the physical functioning ( P =0.01), vitality ( P =0.00), emotional role functioning ( P =0.04), and mental health ( P =0.02) domains. Conclusion: Patients with psychosocial vulnerability (e.g., depression) identified before transplantation should receive psychological treatment. 2014 artículo científico 0102-7638 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=398941894009 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3989 Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular/Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular/Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.29