The effect of preoperative depression and anxiety on heart rate variability in women with breast cancer.

CONCLUSION: According to the results of this study, patients with depression had less HRV in the operating theater, than the non-depressed group. After induction of anesthesia, the decrease in BP was associated with anxiety, while BP of the depressed group was higher than the non-depressed group at all intervals. PMID: 32266603 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Breast Cancer - April 6, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Farbood A, Sahmeddini MA, Bayat S, Karami N Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: research