Psychosocial consequences of screening-detected abdominal aortic aneurisms: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Christina Sadolin Damhus (Author), Volkert Siersma (Author), Anders Hansson (Author), Christine Winther Bang (Author), John Brodersen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective In Sweden, an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening programme was gradually implemented from 2009 to reduce the incidence of rupture and thereby mortality. AAA screening introduces a variety of unintended, but generally unavoidable, harms, e.g. stress and worry. Such psychosocial conse...