Feehan M, et al. - Authors evaluated the prevalence of self-reported bleeding harms related to Venous thromboembolism (VTE), the levels of anxiety, depression, cognitive dysfunction and distress experienced by patients, and a range of potential psychosocial correlates that could be associated with these bleeding or emotional harms. In a general population of VTE sufferers, high levels of self-reported bleeding and emotional harms were seen that were clearly associated with readily identifiable demographic, health status, and psychosocial characteristics. The targets regarding intervention and changes in clinical practice were represented by these.