The Australian Vascular Quality of Life Index (AUSVIQUOL): An Improved Clinical Quality of Life Tool for Peripheral Vascular Disease

Abstract

In comparison with the SF-36, the AUSVIQUOL is an improved tool for the QOL assessment of patients with peripheral vascular disease in the clinical setting.

Patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral arterial disease: a systematic review of psychometric properties

“…Studies were conducted in Australia [18], UK [19–25] and the USA [26–31]. All studies were conducted as prospective observational studies.…”

“…All studies were conducted as prospective observational studies. Missing information relating to study setting [22, 30, 31], diagnostic criteria of participants [18, 24, 26, 28, 30, 31] and schedule for assessment of PROMs was noted.…”

“…Diagnostic criteria and management strategies varied across studies. Included studies fell into 2 broad categories based on diagnosis of patients: studies with (i) patients with IC only [18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29] or (ii) patients with different degrees of severity of PAD [19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31]. …”

“…The most frequently assessed generic questionnaires were the SF-36 [18–23, 26, 27, 30, 31] and the EQ-5D [19, 20, 22, 26]. The King’s College Hospital Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire (VascuQoL) [22, 23, 25] and the Walking Impairment Questionnaire (WIQ) [20, 24, 26–31] were the commonly reported condition-specific measures.…”

“…Lower scores indicating greater disabilitySelf-completed (11 min) EQ-5D (6) [19, 20, 22, 25, 26]Mobility (1), self-care (1), usual activities (1), pain/discomfort (1), and anxiety/depression (1); VASLikert scale: 3; VASPreference based, values range from 0 indicating death to 1 representing perfect healthSelf-completed SF-6D [25]Physical functioning (1), role limitation (1), social functioning (1), pain (1), mental health (1), and vitality (1)Likert scale: 4 to 6Preference based 0 = dead to 1 = perfect healthSelf-completed SF-8 (8) [21]Vitality (1), physical functioning (1), bodily pain (1), general health perceptions (1), physical role functioning (1), emotional role functioning (1), social role functioning (1), mental health (1)Likert scale: 5Each dimension is transformed to give a score of 0–100. Lower scores indicating greater disabilitySelf-completed (2.5 min) NHP (38) [19]Physical mobility (8), pain (8), sleep (5), energy (3), emotional reactions (9), and social isolation (5)Dichotomous0 (no health problems) to 100 (all the health problems)Self-completed POMS (65) [31]NRLikert scale: 5NRSelf-completedCondition-specific PROMs AUSVIQUOL (10) [18]General health perceptions (3), function, mobility and pain (5), psychosocial aspects (2)Likert scale: 5Reponses are given points from 10 to 0 for each answer, these are summed to give a quality of life score ranging from 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent)Interviewer or self-completed (3.27 min) ICQ (16) [20]Health related quality of life (16)Likert scale: 5Summing scores and transforming to a 0–100 scaleSelf-completed (3.7 min) PAQ (20) [30]Physical limitation (7), symptoms (4), quality of life (3), social function (3), treatment satisfaction (3)Likert scale: 50–100 (lower scores indicating worse performance)Self-completed PADQOL (38) [31]Social relationships and interactions (9), self-concept and feelings (7), symptoms and limitations in physical functioning (8), fear and uncertainty (4), positive adaptation (7)Likert scale :5Summed and transformed score 0 to 100%Self-completed (5 to10 min) SIPic (12) [22]Sickness related behaviour (12)Number of items endorsed0 (best quality of life) to 12 (worst quality of life)Self-completed…”