An online patient completed Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire can help to guide primary care referrals.
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg
; 45(2): 178-82, 2013 Feb.
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the feasibility and reliability of an online patient completed Aberdeen Varicose Vein Questionnaire (AVVQ) as a tool to guide specialist referral. METHODS: This was a prospective qualitative and quantitative study. One hundred and six patients completed an online questionnaire. Some 43 (40%) completed the AVVQ questionnaire at home and 63 (60%) did it immediately before their appointment. Venous Clinical Severity Score (VCSS) and CEAP grades were assigned by a consultant vascular surgeon. In 11 patients, the questionnaire was repeated at the time of surgery to assess reproducibility and bias. RESULTS: The AVVQ correlated with the specialist's VCSS scores (Spearman coefficient 0.795; p < 0.01) and similarly with CEAP grade (P < 0.01, ANOVA test). AVVQ was reproducible with close agreement (Spearman coefficient 0.89; p < 0.01) between both 1st AVVQ score of 21.61 (sd 10.26; range 6.12-40.14) and 2nd AVVQ score of 21.03 (sd 10.50 range 4.51-42.57). Patients' feedback about the online AVVQ was positive. CONCLUSIONS: An online questionnaire is acceptable to patients, correlates with clinical findings and using a threshold value could be used by healthcare Commissioners to guide varicose vein referrals.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Derivación y Consulta
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Várices
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Internet
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg
Asunto de la revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido