Living alone predicts 30-day hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-215

  Murphy, Barbara M ^a,b   Elliott, Peter C ^a,d   le Grande, Michael R ^a   Higgins, Rosemary O ^a   Ernest, Christine S ^a   Goble, Alan J ^a   Tatoulis, James ^e   Worcester, Marian U c ^c  

^a Heart Research Centre   (Australia)

^b Departments of Psychiatry   (Australia)

^c Neurosurgery and Psychology Department   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

coronary artery bypass graft surgery; hospital readmission; postoperative care; predictors; preoperative care; psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41949115783     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282f2dc4e     Document Type: Article

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