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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;65:1320-1325
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Neuropsychologic Changes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Use of Reliable Change Indices

Anthony C. Kneebone, MAa, Marie J. Andrew, BAb, Robert A. Baker, PhDb, John L. Knight, FRACSb

a Department of Health Psychology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
b Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Accepted for publication December 19, 1997.

Address reprint requests to Dr Baker, Cardiac Surgical Research Group, Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA 5042 Australia

Background. A method of defining change in neuropsychologic test scores that accounts for test reliability and practice effects was applied to determine accurately the incidence of acquired neuropsychologic deficits after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Methods. Neuropsychologic assessment was performed on 50 patients before and at 7 days after either hypothermic or normothermic coronary artery bypass grafting. From a matched control group of 24 normal subjects who were examined twice over a similar interval, reliable change indices that controlled for measurement error and practice effects were calculated for each neuropsychologic measure. With the use of these indices, the incidence of postoperative decline among the study patients was determined. For comparison, the incidence of decline using the "one standard deviation" criterion also was calculated.

Results. Comparing the reliable change and standard deviation methods, statistically significant differences in the incidence of decline were observed in 5 of 11 neuropsychologic measures. The reliable change method identified more patients with neuropsychologic deficits on most measures.

Conclusions. The control of measurement error and practice effects can alter significantly the calculated incidence of neuropsychologic impairment after coronary artery bypass grafting.






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