2017
A Personalized and Interactive Web-Based Health Care Innovation to Advance the Quality of Life and Care of Patients With Heart Failure (ACQUIRE-HF): A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
Pedersen SS, Schmidt T, Skovbakke SJ, Wiil UK, Egstrup K, Smolderen KG, Spertus JA. A Personalized and Interactive Web-Based Health Care Innovation to Advance the Quality of Life and Care of Patients With Heart Failure (ACQUIRE-HF): A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study. JMIR Research Protocols 2017, 6: e96. PMID: 28536092, PMCID: PMC5461421, DOI: 10.2196/resprot.7110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireHeart failureHealth statusNursing staffLeft ventricular ejection fractionPatient-reported health statusOutpatient HF clinicOwn disease managementMixed methods feasibility studyMajority of patientsSubset of patientsVentricular ejection fractionOdense University HospitalCare of patientsSelf-care behaviorsMethods feasibility studyDisease-specific measuresPatient-centered toolsQuality of lifeHF clinicEjection fractionPre-post designOutpatient clinicUniversity HospitalExperienced deterioration
2010
Younger women with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease are at increased risk of depressive symptoms
Smolderen KG, Spertus JA, Vriens PW, Kranendonk S, Nooren M, Denollet J. Younger women with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease are at increased risk of depressive symptoms. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2010, 52: 637-644. PMID: 20576397, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.04.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overAnkle Brachial IndexDepressionFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHumansIncidenceLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsOdds RatioPeripheral Vascular DiseasesProspective StudiesPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRegistriesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSex FactorsTime FactorsConceptsPeripheral arterial diseaseSignificant depressive symptomsDepressive symptomsGender-age groupsYoung womenArterial diseaseSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseEpidemiological Studies Depression ScaleFourfold greater oddsVascular outpatient clinicAnkle-brachial indexPatients' depressive symptomsTime of diagnosisLogistic regression modelsImportant comorbidityPAD diagnosisPAD patientsClinical factorsDepression screeningOutpatient clinicCardiovascular diseaseDepression riskDepression ScaleAdditional adjustmentGreater odds