Loading…
Frequency and correlates of suicidal ideation in preoperative cardiac surgery patients
IntroductionDepressive disorders are common for cardiac patients; however, a surgical intervention enhances their distress. How typical is suicidal ideation for cardiac surgery patients and with what clinical and psychological signs does it correlate?ObjectivesTo estimate the frequency of suicidal i...
Saved in:
Published in: | European psychiatry 2021-04, Vol.64 (S1), p.S830-S830 |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Get full text |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Summary: | IntroductionDepressive disorders are common for cardiac patients; however, a surgical intervention enhances their distress. How typical is suicidal ideation for cardiac surgery patients and with what clinical and psychological signs does it correlate?ObjectivesTo estimate the frequency of suicidal ideation and correlations between suicidal ideation, clinical and psychological manifestations in cardiac surgery patients.MethodsWe examined 60 cardiac surgery patients, aged 25 – 65, prior to their operation. The Pierson correlation between manifestation of suicidal ideation, clinical and psychological signs was calculated with p |
---|---|
ISSN: | 0924-9338 1778-3585 |
DOI: | 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.2192 |