Download or read book Association Between Gender and Depression After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery written by Bernadette Skruck and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem: Previous research suggests that women have a worse outcome than men after coronary artery bypass surgery. It had also been shown that women in general have more depression than their male counterparts. The aim of this literature review is to determine whether or not women have more depression than men after coronary artery bypass surgery. Methods: A PubMed search via the Weill Cornell Medical Library database was conducted to identify articles focusing on gender differences, depression, and coronary artery bypass surgery. Nine articles were reviewed for this study and seven others were used for background information. Results: Based on the literature reviewed, women had more depression than men after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. These women were older, single, had less social support, and did more housework. Seven articles showed that more women than men suffered from depressive symptoms post operatively. However, two of those articles showed no significant differences in depression controlling for gender. The remaining articles reviewed consisted of findings that did not support the question of this study. Depression in women improved after surgery with the help of preoperative evaluations, use of antidepressant medications, and gender specific cardiac rehabilitation programs. Conclusion: Studies showed that women have more depression post operatively than men and those women who started out with depressive symptoms prior to surgery also had depressive symptoms after surgery.