E15: Quality of Life in POTS with Dr. Cathy Pederson

Episode 15 September 07, 2021 00:51:46
E15: Quality of Life in POTS with Dr. Cathy Pederson
The POTScast
E15: Quality of Life in POTS with Dr. Cathy Pederson

Sep 07 2021 | 00:51:46

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Hosted By

Cathy Pederson Jill Brook

Show Notes

Quality of life can be negatively impacted by chronic illnesses like POTS. Please join us for an honest discussion of quality of life based on the scientific literature and personal experience. Trigger warning: this episode gets heavy at times, and discusses suicide as related to poor quality of life in POTS patients. Please click the "subscribe" button so that you don't miss an episode of The POTScast. Subscribing also helps us reach other people just like you!

Links referenced in this episode:

Health-Related Quality of Life and Suicide Risk in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

CDC Healthy Days Questionnaire

Standing Up to POTS page on Suicide Prevention

You can read the transcript for this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/3ps5jzws

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