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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY
卷 24, 期 3, 页码 255-263出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1647
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quality of life; life satisfaction; peripheral vascular disease; carotid artery stenosis; aortic aneurysm abdominal; intermittent claudication; lower limb ischaemia
Objectives: to explore the ways in which peripheral vascular disease subjectively affect patients and to relate these findings to validated measurements of quality of life (QOL) and life satisfaction. Design: a cross-sectional study. Subjects: eighty patients, with carotid artery stenosis (CAS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), intermittent claudication (IC) or critical limb ischaemia (CLI). Methods: semi-structured interviews were used to explore the effect of the disease on the patients life situation. QOL was assessed by SF-36 and life satisfaction by LiSat-11. Results: the SF36, LiSat-11 and our interview revealed two principal patterns: one for patients with CAS and AAA, and one for patients with IC and CLI. The interview revealed important areas affecting the vascular patient. Some of these areas: higher intellectual function, concern, sexual function, family concern and factors related to the operated areas were not covered by either the SF36 or the LiSat-11. Conclusions: for a full understanding of how peripheral vascular disease affects the individual, disease specific questions need to be added to generic QOL instruments and measurements of life satisfaction.
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