Table 1 Perioperative characteristics of the study population
From: The impact of preoperative anxiety and education level on long-term mortality after cardiac surgery
Survivors(N = 138) | Deaths(N = 42) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean/N | (SD)/% | Mean/N | (SD)/% | P value | |
Preoperative factors | |||||
Age (years) | 56.9 | (10.5) | 60.9 | (7.9) | 0.02 |
Diabetes | 28 | 20.3% | 11 | 26.2% | 0.04 |
Hypertension | 57 | 41.3% | 18 | 42.9% | 0.76 |
Hyperlipidaemia | 54 | 39.1% | 12 | 28.6% | 0.03 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 16 | 11.6% | 9 | 21.4% | 0.09 |
Arrhythmia | 29 | 21.0% | 9 | 21.4% | 0.89 |
Reoperation | 5 | 3.6% | 6 | 14.3% | 0.21 |
Psychiatric treatment | 14 | 10.1% | 12 | 28.6% | 0.003 |
Anxiolytics/ antidepressants | 61 | 44.2% | 12 | 28.6% | 0.02 |
Perioperative factors | |||||
CPB time (min) | 72.1 | (47.7) | 88.2 | (46.1) | 0.05 |
EUROSCORE (additive) | 3.1 | (2.3) | 4.5 | (2.6) | 0.002 |
ICU stay (days) | 1.4 | (1.1) | 5.4 | (11.6) | 0.001 |
Hospital stay (days) | 8.9 | (3.4) | 11.6 | (13.8) | 0.04 |
Preoperative psychosocial factors | |||||
BDI | 8.7 | (5.7) | 13.6 | (9.8) | <0.001 |
STAI-S | 43.7 | (10.8) | 48.5 | (12.5) | 0.02 |
STAI-T | 42.7 | (9.2) | 51.1 | (9.8) | <0.001 |
School years | 11.4 | (3.1) | 9.5 | (2.6) | <0.001 |
Postdischarge factors | |||||
MACCE | 42 | 30.4% | 36 | 85.7% | <0.001 |
Arrhythmia | 29 | 21.0% | 9 | 22.0% | 0.90 |
Malignancy | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 9.5% | <0.001 |
Rehospitalization | 50 | 39.7% | 22 | 88.0% | <0.001 |
BDI (mean) | 7.8 | (5.5) | 14.2 | (10.1) | 0.004 |
STAI-T (mean) | 40.7 | (9.2) | 48.5 | (12.7) | 0.004 |