BODY CONCEPT AND THE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS EXPERIENCE: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY (SELF, IMAGE, CARDIAC NURSING).
Contributors: University of Texas at Austin.
Published: 1984
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: A descriptive study with repeated measures of body concept was conducted on twenty coronary artery bypass patients using the Secord and Jourard Body Cathexis Scale. Measurements were taken on the day of admission to the hospital, the day of discharge from the hospital, and six weeks after to ascertain alterations in body concept occurring with the coronary artery bypass surgery experience. The measurement times were chosen to measure immediate alterations experienced and longer term changes occurring after the patient had returned home and to his regular lifestyle. The hypothesis of the study, that patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery do experience alterations in body concept, was shown to be supported by the data using t-tests and the analysis of variance statistics. Both positive and negative alterations were experienced by the sample, and in varying degrees. Body Cathexis scores were examined in light of demographic variables such as age, marital status, sex, number of bypasses performed, occupational type and status, educational background, race and cardiovascular history. Finally, to further integrate the findings of the study into nursing, implications for nursing practice and suggestions for further research were offered.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-07, Section: B, page: 2108.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, 1984.

School code: 0227.