ArticleBrown JS, Rawlinson ME.
Am J Cardiol. 1979 Sep;44(3):546-54.
Aspects of social and psychologic functioning are compared for 51 patients randomly assigned to surgical or medical management of chronic stable angina. No differences were found between the two groups in work status, social activity, adequacy of family functioning, perceived health, life satisfaction, memory span, extent of anxiety, hypochondriasis and hysteria. However, surgically treated patients were significantly less depressed and more likely to report improvement in health and family functioning after the initiation of treatment. It is concluded that the psychologic and social outcomes appear slightly more favorable in patients treated surgically than in those treated medically.