Importance of patient-reported outcomes in chronic venous disorders.
The assessment of outcomes following treatment for chronic venous disease has been greatly improved over the last three decades. The personal opinion of the physician based on assessment of his own results has been replaced by more objective assessment based on well-defined criteria. The author describes and compares a number of different methods currently in use for this purpose.
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*