LONG-TERM CHEST-WALL DISCOMFORT IN WOMEN AFTER CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING

Authors
Citation
Ma. Rowe et Kb. King, LONG-TERM CHEST-WALL DISCOMFORT IN WOMEN AFTER CORONARY-ARTERY BYPASS-GRAFTING, Heart & lung, 27(3), 1998, pp. 184-188
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Respiratory System
Journal title
ISSN journal
01479563
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
184 - 188
Database
ISI
SICI code
0147-9563(1998)27:3<184:LCDIWA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to determine the occurrence of long-term chest wall discomfort in women after coronary artery bypass grafting. DESIGN: Prospective repeated-measures design. SETTING: Post hospitalization. SAMPLE: Fifty-one women who had undergone coronary ar tery bypass grafting. Data were collected at 12 and 18 months by self- report and data collection instruments. INSTRUMENTS: Life Orientation Test, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Profile of Mood States, Sickness I mpact Profile, interview schedule, and discomfort scale 0 to 10. RESUL TS: Women who had an internal mammary artery graft had significantly ( p = 0.003) more dis comfort. Most discomforts were intermittent and di d not interfere with daily activities. However, the feelings of numbne ss and itchiness tended to be continuous.