Quality of life outcomes over time in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms with and without preventive occlusion: a prospective cohort study.
Annemijn M AlgraJacoba P GrevingMarieke J H WermerMarianne A A van WalderveenIrene C van der SchaafAlbert van der ZwanJohanna M A Visser-MeilyGabriël J E RinkelMervyn D I VergouwenPublished in: Neurology (2022)
After UIA diagnosis, QoL improves gradually after preventive occlusion and directly after counselling at the outpatient clinic in patients without occlusion, resulting in comparable one-year QoL outcomes. A passive coping style is an important predictor of poor QoL outcomes in all UIA patients.