PROs Toolkit: Inventory of Existing PROs

The PDFs linked below are resources for vascular surgeons regarding the inventory of existing patient-reported outcomes (PROs). These resources have been assembled and provided by the members of the SVS Quality Improvement Committee. If you have questions, please email svsquality@vascularsociety.org. 

• General
  • SF-36
• Disease-specific instruments:
  • PAD
    • Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire-6 facilitates health-related quality of life assessment in peripheral arterial disease
      • Walking Impairment Questionnaire
  • Aneurysm
    • The Aneurysm Dependent Quality of life (AneurysmDQoL)
  • Venous
    • AVVQ-Varicose Veins QOL
    • VCSS-Pre and post-venous surgery
  • Hemodialysis
    • Vascular Access Questionnaire (VAQ)
  • Wounds
    • Wound-QoL-17 questionnaire on quality of life with chronic wounds
  • Lymphedema
    • Lymph quality of life measure for limb lymphedema (LYMQOL)  
    • A specific quality of life scale in upper limb lymphedema: The ULL-27 questionnaire
    • Lymphedema Functioning, Disability and Health Questionnaire (Lymph-ICF)