The Influence of Sex and Gender on the Level and Course of Subjective Cognitive Complaints After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Background: Cognitive complaints (e.g., health anxiety and illness disruption) are commonly experienced by patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).

Who develops long COVID? Longitudinal pre-pandemic predictors of long COVID and symptom clusters in a representative Dutch population.

Objectives: Prior studies show that long COVID has a heterogeneous presentation. Whether specific risk factors are related to subclusters of long COVID remains unknown. This study aimed to determine pre-pandemic predictors of long COVID and symptom clustering.

The role of sex and gender in somatic complaints among patients with coronary heart disease: A longitudinal study on acute and long-term changes.

Background: Somatic complaints are persistently reported in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Sex and gender influence health and well-being in a variety of ways, but it is unknown how they affect somatic complaints over time after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Therefore, we examined the association between sex and gender on somatic health complaints during the first month (acute) and the first two years (recovery) after PCI.

Long COVID is not a uniform syndrome: Evidence from person-level symptom clusters using latent class analysis.

Background: The current study aims to enhance insight into the heterogeneity of long COVID by identifying symptom clusters and associated socio-demographic and health determinants.

Methods: A total of 458 participants (M 36.0 ± 11.

Patient and healthcare professionals' perceived barriers and facilitators to the implementation of psychosocial screening in cardiac practice: A Delphi study.

Background: Psychosocial risk factors contribute to the incidence and progression of coronary heart disease (CHD). Psychosocial screening may identify individuals who are at risk and aid them with getting appropriate care. To successfully implement psychosocial screening in the cardiology practice, the current study aims to identify key barriers and facilitators to its implementation and evaluate their perceived importance among health care professionals (HCPs) and patients.

Sex and Gender Differences in Psychosocial Risk Profiles Among Patients with Coronary Heart Disease - the THORESCI-Gender Study.

Background: Psychosocial factors tend to cluster and exhibit differences associated with sex assigned at birth. Gender disparities, though, remain uncharted so far. The current study aimed to first explore the clustering of eight established psychosocial risk factors among patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), followed by examining how sex and gender differences characterize these psychosocial risk profiles, while adjusting for the effect of age.

A Network Analysis of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients With Heart Disease: The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Sex.

Objective: Diverse risk factors influence the development and prognosis of coronary heart disease (CHD) independently and mutually. Low socioeconomic status (SES) seems to exacerbate these risk factors' influences. In addition, sex differences have been identified for individual risk factors.