Psychological wellbeing in survivors of cardiac arrest, and its relationship to neurocognitive function

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• 作者：Siâ ; n E. Davies^a ; Megan Rhys^b ; Sarah Voss^c ; ^{sarah.voss@uwe.ac.uk} ; Rosemary Greenwood^d ; Matthew Thomas^a ; Jonathan R. Benger^c ; ^e
• 关键词：Death ; Sudden ; Cardiac ; Quality of life ; Anxiety
• 刊名：Resuscitation
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：111
• 期：Complete
• 页码：22-25
• 全文大小：394 K
• 卷排序：111

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To characterise psychological wellbeing in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and examine its relationship to cognitive function.PatientsForty-one highly functioning cardiac arrest survivors were drawn from the follow-up cohort of a randomised controlled trial of initial airway management in OHCA (ISRCTN:18528625).DesignPsychological wellbeing was assessed with a self-report questionnaire (the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale; DASS) and cognitive function was examined using the Delayed Matching to Samples (DMS) test from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB).ResultsMean anxiety levels were significantly higher in this patient group than normative data drawn from the general population (p = 0.046). Multiple regression analyses showed that cognitive function, measured by the DMS, did not predict any of the DASS scales.ConclusionsAnxiety plays an important role in determining perceived QoL in high functioning survivors, but psychological wellbeing is unrelated to cognitive function in this group. To achieve a comprehensive assessment of wellbeing, resuscitation research should consider outcomes beyond neurological function alone.