Religious beliefs shorten hospital stays? psychology works in mysterious ways: comment on Contrada et al. (2004)

Article Abstract:

A study conducted in 2004 by R. J. Contrada et al., specifies that religious beliefs have a positive impact on the recovery from coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Inspite of the fact that religious beliefs does affect the health a lot, the health psychologists and the common people were not interested in knowing the religious predictors of postoperative problems or in knowing the length of stay in the hospital.

Public affairs, Alabama, Influence, Religion, Religious aspects, Cardiac patients, Religious beliefs

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Acute neurophychological changes in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients

Article Abstract:

The impact of hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatments on the neuropsychological (NP) functioning of 145 end stage renal disease patients is studied. The results show that improvement in NP functioning was seen in HD patients 24 hours after dialysis and no such fluctuations were found in PD patients.

Care and treatment, Kidney diseases, Hemodialysis, Neuropsychological tests, Peritoneal dialysis, Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

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Cognitive change 5 years after coronary artery bypass surgery

Article Abstract:

The cognitive function after coronary artery bypass surgery on 107 participants using 11 tests, preoperatively and at 6 days, 8 weeks, and 5 years after surgery, is studied. The number of microemboli recorded during the surgery suggest that even over a 5-year period the cognitive changes are detectable.

Neuropsychology

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