title: Patient-reported outcome measures in vascular surgery.
abstract: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after vascular surgery are becoming increasingly important in the current era of health care reform. Although a number of general quality of life instruments exist, vascular disease-specific instruments may provide more targeted data on how patients feel after specific interventions. Here we provide a review of both generic and disease-specific instruments focused on arterial conditions, including peripheral arterial disease, carotid arterial disease, and aortic disease, which have been described in the literature. While many different tools currently exist, there is a paucity of well-validated, specific instruments that accurately reflect functional and objective measures of patients' arterial disease burden. A full understanding of the existing tools available to assess patients' perceived lifestyle impact of their disease and its treatments is essential for both research and clinical purposes, and to highlight the need for additional work on this topic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe Street, Halsted 668, Baltimore, MD 21287.
authors.forename: Caitlin W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N Wolfe Street, Halsted 668, Baltimore, MD 21287. Electronic address: ylum@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Ying Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Lum
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects