2009
Preoperative Cardiac Risk Index Predicts Long-term Mortality and Health Status
Hoeks SE, Reimer W, van Gestel YR, Smolderen KG, Verhagen H, van Domburg RT, van Urk H, Poldermans D. Preoperative Cardiac Risk Index Predicts Long-term Mortality and Health Status. The American Journal Of Medicine 2009, 122: 559-565. PMID: 19376487, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.10.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiovascular DiseasesCerebrovascular DisordersConfidence IntervalsData CollectionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1FemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth StatusHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsOdds RatioPerioperative CarePeripheral Vascular DiseasesPredictive Value of TestsPreoperative CarePrognosisRegression AnalysisRenal InsufficiencyRisk AdjustmentRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesSurvival AnalysisVascular Surgical ProceduresConceptsPeripheral Artery QuestionnaireImpaired health statusPeripheral arterial disease patientsArterial disease patientsInsulin-dependent diabetesLate mortalityPrognostic factorsHealth statusVascular surgeryRenal insufficiencyCerebrovascular diseaseDisease patientsDisease-specific Peripheral Artery QuestionnaireLong-term health statusPAQ summary scorePerioperative cardiac riskCardiac risk factorsCardiac Risk IndexLong-term mortalityPeripheral arterial diseaseImportant prognostic factorIndependent prognostic factorIschemic heart diseaseMultivariable regression analysisRisk index score
2008
Clinical validity of a disease-specific health status questionnaire: The Peripheral Artery Questionnaire
Hoeks SE, Smolderen KG, Reimer W, Verhagen HJ, Spertus JA, Poldermans D. Clinical validity of a disease-specific health status questionnaire: The Peripheral Artery Questionnaire. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2008, 49: 371-377. PMID: 19028064, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.08.089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedDisability EvaluationFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHumansIntermittent ClaudicationMaleNetherlandsPain MeasurementPatient SatisfactionPeripheral Arterial DiseasePredictive Value of TestsPsychometricsRecovery of FunctionReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificitySeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeVascular Surgical ProceduresWalkingConceptsPeripheral Artery QuestionnairePeripheral arterial diseaseDisease-specific Peripheral Artery QuestionnaireClear dose-response relationPAQ summary scoreDose-response relationClinical indicesClinical validitySummary scoresPAD patientsEQ-VASEQ-5DHealth statusLee Cardiac Risk IndexSymptomatic peripheral arterial diseaseEuroQol visual analogue scaleBaseline clinical indicesConsecutive PAD patientsGeneric EQ-5DSeverity of claudicationCardiac Risk IndexDisease-specific health status questionnaireEQ-5D indexHealth Status QuestionnairePatient-centered outcomes