2018
Racial Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects in Peripheral Artery Disease
Pokharel Y, Jones PG, Graham G, Collins T, Regensteiner JG, Murphy TP, Cohen D, Spertus JA, Smolderen K. Racial Heterogeneity in Treatment Effects in Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2018, 11: e004157. PMID: 29643064, PMCID: PMC5901766, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.117.004157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlack or African AmericanCanadaEndovascular ProceduresExercise TherapyExercise ToleranceFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHumansIntermittent ClaudicationMaleMiddle AgedPeripheral Arterial DiseaseQuality of LifeRecovery of FunctionSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesWalk TestWhite People
2015
One Year Health Status Benefits Following Treatment for New Onset or Exacerbation of Peripheral Arterial Disease Symptoms: The Importance of Patients' Baseline Health Status
van Zitteren M, Denollet J, Heyligers JM, Elshof JW, Nooren MJ, Burger DH, de Fijter WM, Vriens PW, Smolderen KG. One Year Health Status Benefits Following Treatment for New Onset or Exacerbation of Peripheral Arterial Disease Symptoms: The Importance of Patients' Baseline Health Status. European Journal Of Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2015, 50: 213-222. PMID: 26036809, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2015.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDisease ProgressionFemaleHealth StatusHealth Status IndicatorsHumansLinear ModelsMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedNetherlandsPeripheral Arterial DiseasePredictive Value of TestsPropensity ScoreProspective StudiesRecovery of FunctionRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, Doppler, DuplexConceptsHealth status scoresPeripheral arterial diseaseHealth status gainsBaseline health statusInvasive treatmentStatus scoreHealth statusPatient's baseline health statusPeripheral arterial disease symptomsHealth status levelsHealth status outcomesNew onsetPAD symptomsVascular clinicArterial diseaseHighest quartilePCS scoresInvasive strategyTreatment strategiesClinical informationStatus outcomesPatientsLinear regression analysisChange scoresExacerbation
2011
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: Association between depressive symptoms and diminished health status benefits
Smolderen KG, Safley DM, House JA, Spertus JA, Marso SP. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: Association between depressive symptoms and diminished health status benefits. Vascular Medicine 2011, 16: 260-266. PMID: 21828173, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x11415568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, BalloonCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHealth StatusHumansLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMissouriPatient SatisfactionPeripheral Arterial DiseaseProspective StudiesQuality of LifeRecovery of FunctionRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexSocial BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPeripheral artery diseasePeripheral endovascular revascularizationPercutaneous transluminal angioplastyDepressive symptomsHealth statusWorsened depressionHealth status 1 yearDisease-specific health statusHealth status benefitsBaseline depressive symptomsHealth status outcomesEndovascular revascularizationPAD patientsTransluminal angioplastyArtery diseaseDepression statusCardiac diseasePatientsStatus outcomesSymptomsLess improvementDepressionBaselineStatus benefitsDisease
2008
Clinical validity of a disease-specific health status questionnaire: The Peripheral Artery Questionnaire
Hoeks SE, Smolderen KG, Reimer W, Verhagen HJ, Spertus JA, Poldermans D. Clinical validity of a disease-specific health status questionnaire: The Peripheral Artery Questionnaire. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2008, 49: 371-377. PMID: 19028064, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.08.089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDisability EvaluationFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHumansIntermittent ClaudicationMaleNetherlandsPain MeasurementPatient SatisfactionPeripheral Arterial DiseasePredictive Value of TestsPsychometricsRecovery of FunctionReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeVascular Surgical ProceduresWalkingConceptsPeripheral Artery QuestionnairePeripheral arterial diseaseDisease-specific Peripheral Artery QuestionnaireClear dose-response relationPAQ summary scoreDose-response relationClinical indicesClinical validitySummary scoresPAD patientsEQ-VASEQ-5DHealth statusLee Cardiac Risk IndexSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseEuroQol visual analogue scaleBaseline clinical indicesConsecutive PAD patientsGeneric EQ-5DSeverity of claudicationCardiac Risk IndexDisease-specific health status questionnaireEQ-5D indexHealth Status QuestionnairePatient-centered outcomesFurther Validation of the Peripheral Artery Questionnaire: Results from a Peripheral Vascular Surgery Survey in the Netherlands
Smolderen KG, Hoeks SE, Aquarius AE, Reimer W, Spertus JA, van Urk H, Denollet J, Poldermans D. Further Validation of the Peripheral Artery Questionnaire: Results from a Peripheral Vascular Surgery Survey in the Netherlands. European Journal Of Vascular And Endovascular Surgery 2008, 36: 582-591. PMID: 18804390, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.07.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesDisability EvaluationFemaleHealth Care SurveysHealth Status IndicatorsHumansLanguageMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsPatient SatisfactionPerceptionPeripheral Vascular DiseasesPrincipal Component AnalysisQuality of LifeRecovery of FunctionReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeVascular Surgical ProceduresConceptsPeripheral Artery QuestionnairePeripheral arterial diseaseEQ-5D scalePAD patientsPatients' health statusHealth statusPerceived DisabilityTreatment satisfactionPhysical functionEuro Heart Survey ProgrammeDisease-specific health statusAdverse cardiovascular eventsCross-sectional studyCardiovascular eventsArterial diseaseTreatment optionsPatientsAlpha valuesClinical researchCronbach's alpha valuesDutch versionConvergent validityDisabilityStatusQuestionnaire