Anxiety and disease awareness in individuals with heredity for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Objective: The psychological consequences of being aware of an increased risk of developing abdominal aortic aneurysm as a first-degree relative of a person with abdominal aortic aneurysm are hitherto unexplored. This study investigates the awareness of heritability and anxiety in male and female adult offspring of abdominal aortic aneurysm patients compared to controls. Health-related quality of life among participants with aortic pathology was compared to participants with normal aortic diameters.

Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in first-degree relatives: detecting AAA in adult offspring of AAA patients.

Background: First-degree relatives of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) may have an increased risk of developing the disease. The primary aim was to report the prevalence of AAA in adult male and female offspring of patients with AAA. The secondary aim was to explore the efficiency of a registry-based detection route, and the third aim was to report contemporary prevalence in the population.

Patient Related Outcomes After Receiving a Person Centred Nurse Led Follow Up Programme Among Patients Undergoing Revascularisation for Intermittent Claudication: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Clinical Trial.

Objective: The aim was to evaluate the effect of a person centred nurse led follow up programme on health related quality of life (HRQoL), health literacy, and general self efficacy compared with standard care for patients undergoing revascularisation for intermittent claudication (IC), and to describe factors associated with HRQoL one year after revascularisation.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. Patients with IC scheduled for revascularisation at two vascular surgery centres in Sweden between 2016 and 2018 were randomised to intervention or control.

Evaluating feasibility of using national registries for identification, invitation, and ultrasound examination of persons with hereditary risk for aneurysm disease-detecting abdominal aortic aneurysms in first degree relatives (adult offspring) to AAA patients (DAAAD).

Background: Sweden and the UK invite all 65-year-old men to a population-based ultrasound-based screening program to detect abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). First-degree relatives of patients with AAA are reported to have an increased risk to develop AAA, both women and men, but are not invited to screening. The "Detecting AAA in First Degree Relatives to AAA patients" (DAAAD) was designed to detect the true prevalence in adult offspring to AAA patients and to evaluate if national registries could be used for identification of index persons and their adult children with a high risk for the disease.

Effects of a person-centred, nurse-led follow-up programme on adherence to prescribed medication among patients surgically treated for intermittent claudication: randomized clinical trial.

Background: Management of intermittent claudication should include secondary prevention to reduce the risk of cardiocerebrovascular disease. Patient adherence to secondary prevention is a challenge. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a person-centred, nurse-led follow-up programme could improve adherence to medication compared with standard care.