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Project Details

 

Health outcomes for patients with depression following vascular surgery

Lead Applicant Name :
Sajini Kuruppu
Project Type :
Research
Approval Date :
17-Dec-2019
References :
Kuruppu S, Ghani M, Pritchard M, Harris M, Weerakkody R, Stewart R, Perera G. (2021) A prospective investigation of depression and adverse outcomes in patients undergoing vascular surgical interventions: A retrospective cohort study using a large mental health database in South London. European Psychiatry - The journal of The Association of European Psychiatrists.
Lay Summary :
There is variation in health outcomes including hospital length of stay, hospital readmissions and survival among vascular surgical patients with and without depression. This project aims to identify mortality rates, length of stay and hospital readmission rates among patients with depression following vascular surgery who had contact with SLaM and patients without depression living in the same areas of south London. <br/>