Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: Pomp-Time Relationship with Psychological Status

The aim of this project was to appraise the relation between pomp-time and psycho-logical states after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). 100 CABG patients (76 males, 24 females) were assessed by Symptom Check List 90-Revised (SCL-90-R) one week after the surgery. The patients were selected through convenient sampling available during December of 1998 from four heart hospitals (Shahid Rajaee, Khatamol- Anbia, Imam Khomeini, and Dr. Shariati). The relation between psychological states and duration of pomp-time were evaluated by t-test and simple analysis of variance. There was a significant relation between the length of time connected to the pomp with both the GSI average of SCL-90-R and dimensions of depression, anxiety, and somatic complains. Pomp-time may have an impact on psychological states of patients after CABG.