Fauzia Naz, Mamoona Mushtaq.
Assessment Of Cognitive Deficits, Emotional Deregulation And Depression In Patients Of General Surgery: A Pre/Post Study.
J Postgrad Med Inst Jan ;31(4):420-4.

Objectives: The present study focused on assessing cognitive deficits and emotional deregulation as predictors of depression in pre/post patients of general surgery. Methodology: The study was conducted in public sector hospitals of Lahore. Sample comprised of 300 indoor patients (120 men & 180 women) admitted for general surgeries. The current study used within-subject research design as the patients were assessed before surgery and again the same patients were assessed after surgery. Age of the sample was from 30 to 65 years. Cognitive failure scale was used for cognitive deficits, emotional deregulation scale for assessing emotional disturbances and PHQ-9 (patient health questionnaire) was used for measuring depression in included patients. Results: In pre-assessment, the mean scores of cognitive deficits, emotional deregulation and depressive symptoms were higher as compared to post-surgery assessments (p<0.001). Mean scores of women were higher than men (p <0.001). Middle aged patients (30-45 years) had higher mean scores on all study variables than older-aged (46-65 years) patients (p <.001). Results revealed that middle-aged patients, being women, monthly income, cognitive deficits and emotional deregulation emerged as significant predictors of depression in patients. Conclusion: Women and middle aged patients suffer from more cognitive deficits, emotional deregulation and depressive symptoms. Assessment before surgery revealed more cognitive deficits, emotional deregulation and depressive symptoms in patients of general surgery as compared to the assessments done after surgery.

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