Subjective and objective cognition 6-week post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A descriptive pilot study

South African Journal of Psychiatry

 
 
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Title Subjective and objective cognition 6-week post-coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A descriptive pilot study
 
Creator Ngcobo, Ntokozo N. Tomita, Andrew Ramlall, Suvira
 
Subject medicine, psychiatry coronary artery disease; coronary artery bypass graft surgery; cognitive screening; subjective memory impairment; cognitive decline; depression
Description Background: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been found to be associated with post-operative cognitive decline. Despite the large and growing numbers being conducted in South Africa, the associated or ensuing cognitive symptoms or impairment have received little research attention.Aim: The aim of this pilot study was to describe the nature and extent of subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) and objective cognitive impairments in patients 6-week post-CABG surgery in a clinical sample in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province, South Africa.Setting: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among outpatients attending their 6-week post-CABG surgical review at a cardiology clinic in a KZN provincial hospital.Method: Socio-demographic and clinical data were captured, with SCCs being determined by using standardised questions; cognition was assessed with the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA).Results: The mean age of the sample (n = 28) was 58.72 years. The mean MoCA score was 23.96 (SD = 4.32); 60.71% (n = 17) screening positive ( 25/30) and more likely to be older, male, hypertensive and diabetic. A third (n = 9; 35.71%) reported at least one new SCC; their mean age was 55.36 years which was lower than those without subjective complaints (59.81).Conclusions: Subjective and objective cognitive impairments were evident in patients 6-week post-CABG surgery identifying a need for longitudinal cognitive screening both pre- and post- operatively in patients undergoing CABG surgery.
 
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Date 2020-07-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — convenience sampling
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Identifier 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v26i0.1470
 
Source South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 26 (2020); 7 pages 2078-6786 1608-9685
 
Language eng
 
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https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/1470/1700 https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/1470/1699 https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/1470/1701 https://sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/1470/1698
 
Coverage KwaZulu-Natal 2018 out-patients attending their 6-week post-CABG surgical review at a cardiology clinic ; male and female gender
Rights Copyright (c) 2020 Ntokozo N. Ngcobo, Andrew Tomita, Suvira Ramlall https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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