Depression following open-heart surgery: A path model involving interleukin-6, spiritual struggle, and hope under preoperative distress

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1057-1075

  Ai, Amy L ^a   Pargament, Kenneth I ^b   Appel, Hoa B ^c   Kronfol, Ziad ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Weill Cornell Medical College ^*

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidant coping; Cardiac disease; Depression; Existential distress; Hope; Interleukin 6 (IL 6); Open heart surgery; Spiritual struggle

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 77956933575     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20716     Document Type: Article

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