Venous thrombosis - a patient's view
Korlaar, I.M. vanCitation
Korlaar, I. M. van. (2006, June 14). Venous thrombosis - a patient's view. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/4409
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Venous thrombosis - a patient’s view
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Venous thrombosis - a patient’s view
Proefschrift ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Dr. D. D. Breimer,
hoogleraar in de faculteit der W iskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 14 juni 2006
klokke 16.15 uur door
Inez W ilhelmina Matthijsje Cornelia van Korlaar geboren te ’s Hertogenbosch
Promotiecommissie
Promotores: Prof. Dr. A.A. Kaptein Prof. Dr. F.R. Rosendaal
Referent: Prof. Dr. J.C.J.M. de Haes (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Overige leden: Prof. E.G. Bovill (University of Vermont)
Dr. F.W. Dekker
Dr. F.J.M. van der Meer
Dr. S. Middeldorp (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Dr. M. Scharloo
Prof. Dr. F.G. Zitman
The research reported in this thesis was conducted under the auspices of the Research Institute for Psychology & Health, an Institute accredited by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Financial support of the Netherlands Heart Foundation and Trombosestichting Neder-land for the publication of this thesis is gratefully acknowledged.
Contents
1. General introduction 7
Part I: Quality of life and illness perceptions in patients with venous throm bosis
2. Quality of life in venous disease 23
3. The impact of venous thrombosis on quality of life 43 4. Illness perceptions and outcome in patients with venous thrombosis 59 Part II: Genetic testing for throm bophilia
5. Attitudes toward genetic testing for thrombophilia in asymptomatic 79 members of a large family with heritable protein C deficiency
6. Using the Common-Sense Model to predict risk perception 99 and disease-related worry in individuals at increased risk for
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