Are illness perceptions about coronary artery disease predictive of depression and quality of life outcomes?
Illness beliefs are significantly associated with depressive symptomatology and HRQOL in CAD patients. These beliefs can be easily identified and constitute a meaningful and clinically accessible avenue for improving psychological morbidity and HRQOL in CAD patients. Older and more socially vulnerable patients may require heightened monitoring of their illness beliefs. Research needs to translate these and other predictive findings into interventions.
Pretreatment with dexmedetomidine is not effective in reducing injection pain of propofol, but may attenuate the hand withdrawal associated to rocuronium, as lidocaine does.