Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 2007. / Title from title page screen (viewed on July 18, 2008). Research advisor: Dr. Carol Lynn Thompson, PhD. Document formatted into pages (xiv,151 p. : ill.). Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-144).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rhode Island, 2003. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-77).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-62).

Thesis (M.A.)--Marquette University, 2010. / Available for download on Dec. 7, 2010. John F. LaDisa, Lars Olson, Joseph Cava, Margaret Samyn, Kimberly Gandy, Laura Ellwein, Advisors.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-43).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1982. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-71).

M.Cur. (Intensive General Nursing) / The rehabilitation of the coronary artery bypass patient should be a continuation of the contact which exists during the hospitalisation phase, with specific reference to the pre-dismissal phase. As a member of the health team, the nurse makes the most important inputs during this phase because she is the one who is in constant contact with the patient and his family. The purpose of this study is to determine, by means of set criteria and within a nursing perspective, the contributions that are made by various support groups to the rehabilitation of persons who have undergone coronary artery bypass surgery.

M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / This research was undertaken in an attempt to validate the hypotheses that depression reported after coronary artery bypass grafting could be attributed to cognitive distortion, learned helplessness and loss of appropriate social reinforcement. Thirty subjects from the J.G. Strijdom Hospital in Johannesburg were randomly selected from a population of 80 patients who had undergone their first coronary artery bypass graft and assessed for depression and the related dimensions of the hypotheses. Mood was also assessed. On the basis of Beck Depression Inventory scores, 17 subjects were divided into experimental and control groups of depressed and non- depressed patients. The differences between the two groups were then compared. Overall, no support was found for the learned helplessness, cognitive distortion or loss of social reinforcement hypotheses, although fatigue, sadness and egotism were found to be the most significant differences between depressed and non-depressed post-operative patients. Contrary to indications in the literature, only 40 percent of patients in this study were found to be clinically depressed. The findings of this research may be seen to offer support for the "coronary-prone Behaviour" hypothesis, suggesting post-operative psychotherapeutic programmes for coronary artery bypass graft patients should address themselves to changing the behavioural styles of these patients both pre- and post-operatively.

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Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) är en väl etablerad behandling för patienter med kranskärlssjukdom. Operationen är utmanande och påfrestande för patienten och upplevelserna efter genomgången operation är varierade. Att som sjuksköterska ha kännedom om patienters upplevelser tiden efter operationen är av betydelse för att möjliggöra god omvårdnad och återhämtning för patienten. Syftet var att belysa patienters upplevelser tiden efter en CABG. Studien grundades på 11 vetenskapliga artiklar och genomfördes som en litteraturstudie. Fyra teman framkom i resultatet; den relationella upplevelsen, den kroppsliga upplevelsen, den mentala skörheten och en ny syn på livet. Det framkom att patienterna upplevde stödet från omgivningen som det viktigaste för god återhämtning. Information från vårdpersonalen ansågs till viss del bristfällig av patienterna. Flera upplevde smärta efter operationen och hade delvis symtom kvar, men dessa avtog med tiden. Centralt efter operationen var även oro, men med tiden kom förbättrad livskvalitet och motivation. Det framkom att en CABG var en stor påfrestning för patienten och upplevelserna var både positiva och negativa. Kunskapsluckor avseende patientupplevelser efter operationen finns och ytterligare forskning bör fokusera på området för att ge sjuksköterskestudenter och sjuksköterskor ökad kunskap i mötet med denna patientgrupp. / Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a well-established treatment for patients with coronary artery disease. The surgery is challenging and stressful for the patient and experiences varied after surgery. It’s important for the nurse to be aware of patients’ experiences after surgery to enable good care and recovery for the patient. The aim was to illuminate patients’ experiences during the time after a CABG. The study was based on 11 scientific articles and was conducted as a literature review. Four themes emerged; the relational experience, the bodily experience, the mental fragility and a new view on life. The result showed that patients' experienced the support from the surroundings as the most important for good recovery. Information given by caregivers were in some cases considered inadequate by the patients. Patients experienced pain after surgery and had partial symptoms left, which subsided with time. Concern was a central experience after surgery, but over time came improved quality of life and motivation. A CABG is a major strain for the patients and the experiences were both positive and negative. There are gaps in knowledge regarding patient experiences after the surgery and further research should focus on that area to give nursing students and nurses knowledge in the meeting with these patients.