Key result
Disturbed sleep in oral anticoagulant outpatients suggests undetected depression confounds self-monitoring quality of life research.
Why the study?
Does self-monitoring of long-term oral anticoagulant treatment improve quality of life in outpatients?
Population
Outpatients on long-term oral anticoagulants evaluated in a large treatment center (two groups)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Undetected depression may confound quality-of-life assessments in oral anticoagulant self-monitoring; hypothesis-generating for integrating mood and locus of control into future instruments.
Observational
No
Does self-monitoring of long-term oral anticoagulant treatment improve quality of life in outpatients?
Quality of life assessments in patients self-monitoring oral anticoagulation should incorporate psychological parameters such as mood and locus of control.
Wenzel et al. (1999) conducted an observational in Long-term oral anticoagulant treatment. Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulants was evaluated on Feasibility of quality of life (QOL) research and relevant factors of influence. Retrospective evaluation of outpatients on oral anticoagulants found a high frequency of disturbed sleep, suggesting undetected depression may confound quality of life research in self-monitoring.
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