Attitudes of preoperative cardiac surgery patients toward COVID-19: A cause for concern

IntroductionDuring the pandemic, many surveys studied people’s attitude to COVID-19. However, less information is available about the peculiarities of such attitude of the most vulnerable groups including chronic somatic patients who are in need of operative treatment.ObjectivesTo identify the speci...

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Published in:European psychiatry 2021-04, Vol.64 (S1), p.S666-S667
Main Authors: Nikolaeva, O., Nikolaev, E., Zakharova, A., Maksimova, N., Litvinova, E., Dulina, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Attitudes
attitudes towards COVID-19
cardiac surgery patients
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
E-Poster Viewing
fatalistic ideas
Heart surgery
Pandemics
Personal health
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Summary:IntroductionDuring the pandemic, many surveys studied people’s attitude to COVID-19. However, less information is available about the peculiarities of such attitude of the most vulnerable groups including chronic somatic patients who are in need of operative treatment.ObjectivesTo identify the specificity of preoperative cardiac surgery patients’ attitudes toward COVID-19 as compared to that of healthy people.MethodsWe used the Attitudes towards COVID-19 questionnaire (Nikolaev E.) to survey 60 preoperative cardiac patients and 327 healthy university students. Difference validity was assessed with significance level of p
ISSN:0924-9338
1778-3585
DOI:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1769