Table 5.
Summary of the psychometric properties of patient-reported outcome measures in patients with peripheral arterial disease
| Internal consistency | Test-retest | Content validity | Construct validity | Responsiveness | Floor/ ceiling | Acceptability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generic PROMs | |||||||
| EQ-5D | |||||||
| Chetter 1997 [19] | 0 | ? | 0 | −/+ | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Chong 2002 [20] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Coyne 2003 [26] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mazari 2010 [25] | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Mehta 2006 [22] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | + | 0 | 0 |
| NHP | |||||||
| Chetter 1997 [19] | 0 | ? | 0 | −/+ | + | −/+ | 0 |
| POMS | |||||||
| Treat-Jacobson 2012 [31] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF-6D [25] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | + | 0. | 0 |
| SF-8 | |||||||
| Gulati 2009 [21] | 0 | ? | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| SF-36 | |||||||
| Chetter 1997 [19] | 0 | ? | 0 | −/+ | −/+ | −/+ | 0 |
| Chong 2002 [20] | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Coyne 2003 [26] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gulati 2009 [21] | 0 | ? | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Izquierdo-Porrera 2005 [27] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mazari 2010 [25] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | + | 0 | 0 |
| Mehta 2006 [22] | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan 2001 [23] | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Smith 2007 [18] | − | + | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | ? |
| Spertus 2003 [30] | + | + | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Treat-Jacobson 2012 [31] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Condition-specific PROMs | |||||||
| AUSVIQUOL | |||||||
| Smith 2007 [18] | + | + | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | ? |
| ICQ | |||||||
| Chong 2002 [20] | −/+ | + | + | −/+ | + | ? | + |
| PADQOL | |||||||
| Treat-Jacobson 2012 [31] | + | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PAQ | |||||||
| Spertus 2003 [30] | + | + | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
| SIPic | |||||||
| Mehta 2006 [22] | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| WIQ | |||||||
| Chong 2002 [20] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Coyne 2003 [26] | −/+ | −/+ | 0 | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Izquierdo-Porrera 2005 [27] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McDermott 1998 [28] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regensteiner 1990 [29] | 0 | ? | 0 | −/+ | + | 0 | 0 |
| Spertus 2003 [30] | −/+ | + | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Tew 2013 [24] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | + |
| Treat-Jacobson 2012 [31] | 0 | 0 | 0 | −/+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VascuQoL | |||||||
| Mazari 2010 [25] | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 |
| Mehta 2006 [22] | 0 | 0 | 0 | + | −/+ | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan 2001 [23] | + | + | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
| Psychometric and operational criteria | |||||||
| 0 | Not reported (no evaluation completed) | ||||||
| - | Evidence not in favour | ||||||
| −/+ | Weak evidence in favour | ||||||
| + | Evidence in favour | ||||||
| ? | Methodology questionable | ||||||
| N.B. Blank criterion validity excluded from the table. | |||||||
NB Criterion validity recorded as zero across studies therefore results are not displayed
Abbreviations: AUSVIQUOL Australian Vascular Quality of Life Index, Q Questionnaire, EQ-5D EuroQol, ICQ Intermittent Claudication Questionnaire, NHP Nottingham Health Profile, PAD peripheral arterial disease, PADQOL PAD Quality of Life Questionnaire, PAQ Peripheral Artery Questionnaire, POMS Profile of Mood States, SF-36 Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form, SF-6D 6-item shortened version of SF-36, SF-8 8-item shortened version of SF-36, SIPic Sickness Impact-Intermittent Claudication, VascuQoL King’s College Hospital’s Vascular Quality of Life instrument, WIQ Walking Impairment Questionnaire