Comparison of three generic quality-of-life metrics in peripheral arterial disease patients undergoing conservative and invasive treatments.
Svenja PetersohnBram L T RamaekersRenske H OlieArina J Ten Cate-HoekJan-Willem H C DaemenHugo Ten CateManuela A JoorePublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2019)
We measured positive effects of revascularisation and conservative treatment on QoL a year after diagnosis, the effect of revascularisation was sustained over 2 years. The magnitude of effect varied between the metrics and was largest for the EQ-5D, which may be most suitable for QoL measurement in PAD patients. Baseline QoL influenced revascularisation effect, in clinical practice this may inform expected QoL gain in individual patients.