A 5-YEAR PSYCHO-MEDICAL FOLLOW-UP-STUDY OF CORONARY-BYPASS ARTERY GRAFT PATIENTS

This is a 5-year follow-up study of coronary artery by-pass graft (CAB G) patients, Our aim was: To study the development of previously rated psyche-medical aspects, with special reference to depression among th e CABG patients. The patients mere sent two questionnaires, one of whi ch focused on psyche-medical factors and the other on depression, The average rate of participation was 80%, The most important results were that previously high levels of depression were no longer to be found and that postoperative depression among the CABG patients clearly disa ppears over time.