Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Venous Leg Ulcers

• Published in: Quality of life research Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 327 - 336
• Main Authors: Stephen J. Walters, C. Jane Morrell, Dixon, Simon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Rapid Communications of Oxford Ltd 01.06.1999; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis of Variance; Cross-Sectional Studies; England; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Healing; Health care; Health outcomes; Health Status; Humans; Leg ulcer; Leg ulcers; Male; Middle Aged; Older adults; Pain; Patients; Psychometrics - methods; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; ROC Curve; Statistical median; Surveys and Questionnaires; Ulcers; Varicose Ulcer - psychology; England

Introduction: The effect on quality of life by healing leg ulcers is not known and no validated disease-specific tool is available for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for people with venous leg ulcers. The objective of this paper was to compare four generic instruments [MOS 36-Item...