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Published online before print August 27, 2007, 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31814b8c0f
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Anxiety Predicts Mortality and Morbidity After Coronary Artery and Valve Surgery—A 4-Year Follow-Up Study

Andrea Székely, MD, PhD, DEAA, Piroska Balog, PhD, Erzsébet Benkö, MD, Tamás Breuer, MD, Judit Székely, MD, Miklós D. Kertai, MD, PhD, Ferenc Horkay, MD, PhD, Mária S. Kopp, MD, PhD and Julian F. Thayer, PhD

From the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (A.S.), Department of Rehabilitation Care (E.B.), Research Department (T.B.), Department of Cardiac Surgery (F.H.), Gottsegen György Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary; Institute of Behavioral Sciences (P.B., M.S.K.), School of Ph.D. Studies (T.B.), Department of Anesthesia (M.D.K.), Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Radiotherapy (J.S.), Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Heidelburg University, Mannheim, Germany; and Department of Psychology (F.H., J.F.T.), Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.


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  		Figure 1. Time course of State-trait inventory scores preoperatively and during the 4-year follow-up. STAI-S = state anxiety; STAI-T = trait anxiety; boxes = interquartile ranges; line in the box = median; error bars = minimum and maximum values. *p < .05 compared with preoperative value.

 

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  		Figure 2. Kaplan-Meier plot of the patients with preoperative Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory trait scores (STAI-T) <45 and ≥45.

 

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  		Figure 3. Time course of Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores preoperatively and during the 4-year follow-up. Boxes = interquartile ranges; line in the box = median; error bars = minimum and maximum values. *p < .05 compared with preoperative value.

 

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  		Figure 4. Hospitalization for cardiac reason and anxiety. Incidence of hospitalization are shown in patients with average postoperative STAI-T scores <45 (white column) and ≥45 (gray column). The p values are indicated above the columns.

 




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