Depression, anxiety and sleep disorder in the pre- and postoperative periods of the aorto-coronary bypass surgery

Tea Gegenava, George Kavtaradze

Department of Internal Diseases, Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia

Cardiac surgery operations suggested for the treatment of ischemic heart disease are performed quite successfully nowadays in our country. Speaking of the positive effects of this operation, the psycho-emotional disorders remain often without attention. The aim of the research was to reveal the spread of the pathology of mental health in the pre- and post-operative periods of the aorto-coronary bypass surgery. Results and their analysis show that depression in the research group was expressed in 65,38% (n=34) in average degree, in 19,2% (n=10) in grave degree and no depression in 15,38% (n=8). Personal anxiety was revealed in high degree in 38,46% (n=20), in average degree in 57,69 % (n=30) and no anxiety in 3,84 % (n=3,84). Situational anxiety was revealed in high degree in 11,53% (n=6), in average degree in 26,9 % (n=14) and no anxiety in 61,5% (n=32). Sleep disorder was revealed in high degree in 75% (n=39), sleep disorder wasn't revealed in 25% (n=13) patient. Research carried by us shows that pathology of the mental health is widespread in the part of the patients with ischemic heart disease who are to undergo or have undergone the bypass operation. All the above-mentioned symptoms need so much attention as the somatic pathology itself.

Keywords:  depression, anxiety, sleep disorder, aorto-coronary bypass surgery