Akram Arjmandi Beglar, Elham Zarenezhad Ashkezari, Vahid Nejati, Nazila Shahmansouri and Roya Raoufi Ahmad
One of the most common approaches of coronary artery in cardiovascular patients is subjected to coronary artery bypass graft or CABG. The recent studies show that patients suffer from moderate cognitive disorder mostly focused on the field of concentration and memory after the surgery. One of the these risk factors effects on the reduction of the cognition is the state anxiety before surgery which has been reviewed as the relationship between state anxiety with selective, shifting and sustain attention due to the importance of cognition elements. The state anxiety using Spielberg’s state anxiety questionnaire and selective, shafting and sustain attention were measured by neuropsychological Stroop, SAT and CPT, respectively. Patients were categorized into two 30 people groups who were with coronary artery stenosis. One of these groups was under surgery but the second waiting for operation. The first group was firstly before surgery and month later after surgery and the second group were given a turn and then they were got in the bed after a month later and tested there. The relationship between anxiety and attention using Pearson correlation coefficient was evaluated which there was no found any significant difference in compare to both groups in test results. There was observed a significant relationship only in the second step of stroop test in patients who waiting for in the surgery list. Also, in the second step of the test, the operated group of CPT also had a significant relationship between spent time and anxiety. It seems that one of the most effective factors on the study results is the period of testing before surgery suggesting that these should be achieved in a short time in next researches.
