Pang, C;
Gibson, M;
Nisbet, R;
Evans, N;
Khalifa, M;
Papadopoulou, A;
Tsui, J;
... Lim, CS; + view all
(2022)
Quality of life and mental health of patients with vascular malformations in a single specialist center in the United Kingdom.
Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
, 10
(1)
pp. 159-169.
10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.03.019.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Patients with vascular malformations suffer from chronic debilitating symptoms that have been shown to contribute negatively to their quality of life (QoL) and mental health. Despite this, the current literature evaluating the QoL and mental health of patients with vascular malformations remains scarce. Our aim was to evaluate the QoL and mental health of patients with vascular malformations. METHODS: We prospectively analyzed the validated health-related QoL (HRQoL) questionnaires: the RAND Health Care 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and visual analogue score for pain reported by 253 patients with vascular malformations in a specialist center of vascular anomalies in the UK over two years. RESULTS: Patients with vascular malformations reported significantly poorer SF-36 scores in all domains compared with the UK general population. Patients with low-flow vascular malformations and arteriovenous malformations reported little variations in SF-36, HADS, and visual analogue score for pain scores. No significant association was found between age and any of the health-related QoL scores, other than the physical functioning in SF-36. Female patients reported significantly lower physical and social functioning of SF-36 and worse HADS-Depression than their male counterparts. Patients with syndromic vascular malformations reported significantly lower SF-36 scores in role-physical, role-emotional and bodily pain than nonsyndromic vascular malformations. CONCLUSIONS: This study concluded that patients with vascular malformations reported worse QoL than the UK general population. Therefore, the assessment and management of QoL and mental health should be incorporated into the overall treatment strategies of patients with vascular malformations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Quality of life and mental health of patients with vascular malformations in a single specialist center in the United Kingdom |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.03.019 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.03.019 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Arteriovenous malformations, Mental health, Patient outcome assessment, Quality of life, Vascular malformations |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Surgery and Interventional Sci > Department of Surgical Biotechnology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10128378 |
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