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Attachment anxiety predicts IL-6 and length of hospital stay in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) patients.

Kidd, T; Poole, L; Leigh, E; Ronaldson, A; Jahangiri, M; Steptoe, A (2014) Attachment anxiety predicts IL-6 and length of hospital stay in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 77 (2). pp. 155-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.06.002
SGUL Authors: Jahangiri, Marjan

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The mechanisms underlying the association between adult attachment and health are not well understood. In the current study, we investigated the relationship between attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance, inflammation, and length of hospital stay in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery patients. METHOD: 167 CABG patients completed an attachment questionnaire prior to surgery, and blood samples were taken before and after surgery to assess inflammatory activity. RESULTS: We found that attachment anxiety predicted higher plasma interleukin 6 (IL-6) concentration, and this association was mediated by self-reported sleep quality. Anxious attachment also predicted longer hospital stays following CABG surgery, even after controlling for demographic and clinical factors. CONCLUSION: These data suggest that increased levels of IL-6 may be a process linking adult attachment anxiety with health outcomes.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)
Keywords: Attachment, CABG, Hospital stay, IL-6, Sleep, Aged, Anxiety, Biological Markers, Coronary Artery Bypass, Female, Great Britain, Humans, Inflammation, Interleukin-6, Length of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, Object Attachment, CABG, Attachment, IL-6, Sleep, Hospital stay, Humans, Inflammation, Biological Markers, Object Attachment, Length of Stay, Coronary Artery Bypass, Anxiety, Aged, Interleukin-6, Middle Aged, Female, Male, Great Britain, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychiatry, CABG, Attachment, IL-6, Sleep, Hospital stay, CORTISOL RESPONSES, ADULT ATTACHMENT, HEART-DISEASE, STRESS, INFLAMMATION, STYLE, ASSOCIATION, DEPRESSION, MODELS, SLEEP, Psychiatry, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, 17 Psychology And Cognitive Sciences
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS)
Academic Structure > Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research Institute (MCS) > Cardiac (INCCCA)
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Language: eng
Dates:
DateEvent
1 August 2014Published
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
Projects:
Project IDFunderFunder ID
FS/09/049/27874British Heart Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000274
FS/10/55/28414British Heart Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000274
RG/10/005/28296British Heart Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000274
PubMed ID: 25077858
Web of Science ID: WOS:000340012300012
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URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/107473
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.06.002

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