A Novel Finding: The Effect of Nurse Practitioners on the Relation to Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Vascular Surgery

Conclusions: The same improvements were found for QoL and anxiety scores in both groups. Vascular NPs are therefore competent to explain procedures and guide patients through vascular interventions.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - December 16, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeroen M.W. Donker, Jolanda de Vries, Chantal C. de Lepper, Daphne Wielders, Gwan H. Ho, Paul G.H. Mulder, Lijckle van der Laan Tags: Clinical Research Source Type: research