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Filter by:The number of patients with end-stage heart disease requiring the implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD) is steadily increasing. Living with a VAD exposes the patients to multiple challenges and the need to learn complex self-management skills. Inadequate self-management can lead to serious complications (e.g. bleeding or wound infections) and impair the psychosocial outcome. This study aims to provide multi-centered actual analysis of self-management capabilities as well as analyzing moderating predictors in VAD patients through standardized prevalence assessment. Using a cross-sectional design, this prevalence study will be conducted at four established German heartcenters (Freiburg, Berlin, Bad Oeynhausen, Leipzig). VAD-patients are questioned about their self-management skills using standardized Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures. Secondary PRO measures include health-related quality of life, symptoms of anxiety and depression, post-traumatic stress symptoms, social support, and changed body-image. Relevant complications (bleeding, wound infections, thromboembolic neurological events) are taken from the patient records. Based on a conservative sample size estimation inclusion of 450 patients is envisioned. The expected results may contribute to an improved assessment of the current situation in terms of self-management skills and needs for curricular training concepts and psychosocial concomitant therapy. Long-term, the study results contribute to improve the health care for long-term VAD patients.
The purpose of this study is to examine the health behaviors of melanoma survivors. We want to know about their thoughts and concerns. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. The number of people being diagnosed with melanoma is growing. Many people who are diagnosed with melanoma are young. Little research has been done to find out how melanoma survivors feel years after they have been treated.