Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health Disorders in Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients: Implications for Surgical Outcomes

Aims: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is linked to vascular cognitive impairment and vascular depression due to concurrent cerebrovascular disease. Cognitive impairment and mental health disorders in surgical patients lead to poorer recovery and rehabilitation. Awareness of these diagnoses in this...

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Main Authors: Marianne Bergman, Henry Bergman, Andrew Busuttil, Hesham Abdelkhalek, Ellie White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-06-01
Series:BJPsych Open
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425102007/type/journal_article
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Summary:Aims: Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) is linked to vascular cognitive impairment and vascular depression due to concurrent cerebrovascular disease. Cognitive impairment and mental health disorders in surgical patients lead to poorer recovery and rehabilitation. Awareness of these diagnoses in this population is important when considering suitability for surgical input – especially high-risk procedures such as limb revascularisation. In the UK population, evidence suggests that 33–42% of cognitive impairment and 26.5% of anxiety and depressive disorders remain undiagnosed. In this high-risk PAD population, this is likely an underestimate. We aim to determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment and anxiety and depressive disorders within this group while controlling for possible confounders.
ISSN:2056-4724