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Health-related quality of life and lived experiences in males and females with thoracic aortic disease and their partners
Get PDFResultaten onderzoek bestrijdingsmiddelen, chloorbifenylen, zware metalen en diergeneesmiddelen in vlees, organen, vetten en urine (Nationaal Plan Overige Stoffen/ VREK) : jaaroverzicht 1989
Get PDFResultaten onderzoek bestrijdingsmiddelen, zware metalen en diergeneesmiddelen in vlees, organen, vetten en urine (Nationaal Plan Overige Stoffen/VREK). Jaaroverzicht 1989
Health-related quality of life and lived experiences in males and females with thoracic aortic disease and their partners
Get PDFObjective Thoracic aortic disease (TAD) may have
substantial impact on health-related quality of life
(HRQOL). We described HRQOL in patients with TAD,
cardiovascular screening participants and their partners;
identified factors associated with HRQOL; and explored
lived experiences and feelings of anxiety or depression
using a mixed methods design.
Methods For this cross-sectional study, all consecutive
patients visiting the TAD outpatient clinic (2017–2019) at
our centre were asked to complete three questionnaires:
the Short Form 36 (SF-36), the Hospital Anxiety and
Depression Scale (HADS) and the Rotterdam Disease
Specific Questionnaire (RDSQ). A subsamp
