2013
Preoperative Anxiety as a Predictor of Mortality and Major Morbidity in Patients Aged >70 Years Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Williams JB, Alexander KP, Morin JF, Langlois Y, Noiseux N, Perrault LP, Smolderen K, Arnold SV, Eisenberg MJ, Pilote L, Monette J, Bergman H, Smith PK, Afilalo J. Preoperative Anxiety as a Predictor of Mortality and Major Morbidity in Patients Aged >70 Years Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2013, 111: 137-142. PMID: 23245838, PMCID: PMC3677723, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.08.060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor morbidityCardiac surgeryHigh preoperative anxietyPreoperative anxietyHospital AnxietyDepression ScaleThoracic surgeonsProspective multicenter cohort studyMultivariable logistic regression analysisPatient-reported anxietyMulticenter cohort studyPredictors of mortalityTertiary care hospitalType of surgeryMain outcome measuresRisk of mortalityDepression Scale scoresPrimary predictor variableLogistic regression analysisPatients AgedPostoperative mortalityCause mortalityFrailty assessmentIndex hospitalizationCohort study
2010
Type D Personality Mediates the Relationship Between Remembered Parenting and Perceived Health
van den Broek K, Smolderen K, Pedersen S, Denollet J. Type D Personality Mediates the Relationship Between Remembered Parenting and Perceived Health. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2010, 51: 216-224. DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3182(10)70688-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchType D personalityD personalityHealth outcomesShort Form Health SurveyRemembered parentingBackgroundType D personalityGeneral Dutch populationBeck Depression InventoryAdverse childhood experiencesAdverse outcomesHospital AnxietyCardiovascular diseaseDepression ScaleHealth SurveyPerceived HealthDepression InventoryDutch populationRemembered RelationshipOutcomesChildhood experiencesObjectiveThe authorsType DParent scaleAssociationHealthType D personality mediates the relationship between remembered parenting and perceived health.
van den Broek KC, Smolderen KG, Pedersen SS, Denollet J. Type D personality mediates the relationship between remembered parenting and perceived health. Journal Of The Academy Of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2010, 51: 216-24. PMID: 20484719, DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.51.3.216.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType D personalityD personalityHealth outcomesShort Form Health SurveyRemembered parentingGeneral Dutch populationBeck Depression InventoryAdverse childhood experiencesAdverse outcomesHospital AnxietyCardiovascular diseaseHealth SurveyDepression ScaleDepression InventoryDutch populationRemembered RelationshipOutcomesChildhood experiencesType DParent scaleAssociationHealth
2009
Lower-leg symptoms in peripheral arterial disease are associated with anxiety, depression, and anhedonia
Smolderen KG, Hoeks SE, Pedersen SS, van Domburg RT, de Liefde II, Poldermans D. Lower-leg symptoms in peripheral arterial disease are associated with anxiety, depression, and anhedonia. Vascular Medicine 2009, 14: 297-304. PMID: 19808714, DOI: 10.1177/1358863x09104658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtypical leg symptomsPeripheral arterial diseaseExertional leg symptomsAnkle-brachial indexLeg symptomsIntermittent claudicationDepressive symptomsPAD patientsClinical factorsArterial diseaseAnkle-brachial index screeningSan Diego Claudication QuestionnaireClassic intermittent claudicationConsecutive PAD patientsLower leg symptomsDiverse clinical manifestationsErasmus Medical CenterMood statesSub-threshold symptomsCardiovascular historyMedication useTwofold riskClinical manifestationsPoor prognosisHospital Anxiety