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✅   Self-reported outcomes following lower extremity, carotid and aortic artery disease: protocol for the Danish Vascular (DanVasc) survey

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Introduction Among lower extremity artery disease (LEAD), symptomatic carotid stenosis (SCS) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), the disease burden is insufficiently illuminated from a patient and societal perspective. Such knowledge is central to identifying patients at risk of poorer outcomes. Therefore, the Danish Vascular (DanVasc) survey aims to describe self-reported health status, health literacy, medication adherence and loneliness, including changes over time, and investigate characteristics associated with worse self-reported health at baseline and their associations with poorer outcomes within 1 year (healthcare utilisation and mortality) in patients with LEAD, SCS and AAA. Methods and analysis The DanVasc survey, a national prospective cohort study combining survey data measured at several time points with register-based data, includes validated ...

BMJ     May 02, 2025