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This follow-up study to Keith et al. (2002) sought to explore relations between the cognitive, neuropsychological, and psychosocial sequelae of cardiopulmonary bypass surgery (CPB) and survival. A neuropsychological test battery including the state portion of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (S-STAI), reaction time, visual attention (VFA), rotor pursuit, visual spatial memory, verbal memory and paired associations (PA) was administered. PA (P < .05), VFA and S-STAI scores were related with 5–7 year survival. After the Benjamini-Hochberg method was employed to control for multiple comparisons only S-STAI scores remained significant. Results of logistic regression indicate that pre-CPB surgery scores on the S-STAI accurately predicted 5–7 year survival and mortality in 66% and 83% of cases respectively.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the continued support of the volunteers as well as Kimberly Hill who assisted in data gathering. An earlier version of this study was presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (2004) in Honolulu, HI.
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Morrill, E.F., Richardson, E., Keith, J.R. et al. Predictive value of neuropsychological assessment; with regards to life expectancy among cardiac bypass surgery patients. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 13, 332–336 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-006-9036-5
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