Adverse events after left ventricular assist device implantation linked to psychosocial risk in women and men.

Background: Reasons for women's increased probability to experience adverse events (AEs) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation compared with men's remain uncertain. We explored the role of psychosocial risk in the experience of AEs in women and men.

Methods: INTERMACS patients receiving a primary continuous-flow LVAD between July 2006 and December 2017, median follow-up 13.

Sex Differences in Recovery and Device Replacement After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation as Destination Therapy.

Background The relevance of sex and preimplant factors for clinical outcomes among patients with left ventricular assist devices intended for destination therapy is unclear. Methods and Results INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support) data (2006-2017) from 6771 men and 1690 women with left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy were analyzed to evaluate the contribution of preimplant clinical, demographic, and clinically judged psychosocial characteristics to time until death, heart transplant, device explant due to recovery, or complication-related device replacement. Associations of sex with time until each competing outcome were evaluated using cumulative incidence functions and event-specific Cox proportional hazards models.

Psychosocial Risk and Health Behaviors as Predictors of Clinical Events in Patients Wait-Listed for a New Heart: Results from 7 Years of Follow-Up.

We examined the long-term relationship of psychosocial risk and health behaviors on clinical events in patients awaiting heart transplantation (HTx). Psychosocial characteristics (e.g.

Gender differences in psychosocial and clinical characteristics in the European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support.

Background: Not much is known about psychosocial characteristics of men and women receiving continuous flow left ventricular assist devices (CF LVAD).

Objective: To investigate gender differences in clinical and psychosocial (demographic, behavioral, psychological) characteristics in CF LVAD recipients.

Methods: We analyzed European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support (EUROMACS) data (N=2395, 16.

Prevalence and frequency of self-management strategies among female cancer survivors: the neglected roles of social relations and conscious living.

Objective: To assess prevalence and frequency of use of self-management strategies among female cancer survivors and to empirically identify categories of self-management.

Methods: Female cancer survivors (N=673, mean age 51 years; >90% with breast cancer; M=5 years since diagnosis) completed an Internet survey indicating the frequency (never to very often) with which they had employed each strategy since diagnosis. The survey included commonly assessed self-management strategies, such as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), religious practices, and exercise.