Lower-leg symptoms in peripheral arterial disease are associated with anxiety, depression, and anhedonia

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 297-304

  Smolderen, Kim G ^a   Hoeks, Sanne E ^b   Pedersen, Susanne S ^a,b   van Domburg, Ron T ^b   de Liefde, Inge I ^b   Poldermans, Don ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Anxiety; Depressive symptoms; Leg symptoms; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG PAIN; LIMB DISEASE; LOWER LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70350066626     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X09104658     Document Type: Article

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