Improving family functioning after cardiac surgery: a randomized trial.
Journal Article (Clinical Trial;Journal Article)
As part of a randomized clinical trial of in-hospital and postdischarge nursing interventions designed to facilitate the individual patient's recovery and improve the family's functioning after cardiac surgery, we followed 67 patient-spouse pairs for 6 months after surgery. Family health was appraised by using three pencil and paper measurements: the Family APGAR, the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Scale, and the Family Inventory of Resources for Management. Mixed-effects analysis of variance did not detect differences for the main effect of intervention group; however, the main effect of time was significant for both patients' and spouses' APGAR scores and for patients' Marital Adjustment Scale scores, suggesting a pattern of response during recovery from cardiac surgery.
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Gilliss, CL; Neuhaus, JM; Hauck, WW
Published Date
- November 1990
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 19 / 6
Start / End Page
- 648 - 654
PubMed ID
- 2228655
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1527-3288
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0147-9563
Language
- eng