Publications by authors named "Amanda Sinderovsky"
Background: Depression significantly impacts recovery and return to daily activities in cardiac surgery patients. Assessing and managing depressive symptoms before and after surgery are crucial for improving surgical outcomes and timely return to daily activities, including work. The objectives of this study were to examine differences in patients' depression levels in relation to their return to daily activities in the early post-cardiac surgery period, and to assess predictors of delayed return to daily activities.
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- A pilot study evaluated how individualized preoperative education impacts postoperative pain and medication use, with 200 participants involved.
- Participants who received personalized education showed significantly lower pain scores and fewer instances of pain breakthroughs than those who had no intervention.
- Despite the benefits in pain severity, there was no notable difference in the total amount of pain medication used between the two groups.