Table 5.
Vascular assessment diagnostic interpretation
| Ankle brachial pressure index cut-off value for peripheral arterial disease a | < 0.5 | 14 (4.6%) |
| < 0.6 | 9 (2.9%) | |
| < 0.7 | 28 (9.2%) | |
| < 0.8 | 39 (12.7%) | |
| < 0.9 | 85 (27.8%) | |
| < 1.0 | 11 (3.6%) | |
| < 1.2 | 1 (0.3%) | |
| I don’t use ABPI | 119 (38.9%) | |
| Absolute ankle pressure cut-off value used for peripheral arterial disease | < 30 mmHg | 3 (1.0%) |
| < 40 mmHg | 5 (1.6%) | |
| < 50 mmHg | 35 (11.4%) | |
| < 60 mmHg | 12 (3.9%) | |
| < 70 mmHg | 12 (3.9%) | |
| < 80 mmHg | 8 (2.6%) | |
| < 90 mmHg | 5 (1.6%) | |
| < 100 mmHg | 7 (2.3%) | |
| I don’t know | 61 (19.9%) | |
| I do not measure/interpret absolute ankle pressures | 159 (51.8%) | |
| Toe brachial pressure index cut-off value used for peripheral arterial disease b | < 0.50 | 13 (4.4%) |
| < 0.55 | 8 (2.7%) | |
| < 0.60 | 7 (2.4%) | |
| < 0.65 | 9 (3.0%) | |
| < 0.70 | 16 (5.4%) | |
| < 0.75 | 2 (0.7%) | |
| < 0.80 | 1 (0.3%) | |
| < 0.90 | 1 (0.3%) | |
| < 0.95 | 1 (0.3%) | |
| < 1.00 | 1 (0.3%) | |
| I don’t use TBPI | 236 (80.0%) | |
| Absolute toe pressure cut-off value for Peripheral arterial disease | < 10 mmHg | 4 (1.3%) |
| < 20 mmHg | 3 (1.0%) | |
| < 30 mmHg | 15 (4.9%) | |
| < 40 mmHg | 9 (2.9%) | |
| < 50 mmHg | 8 (2.6%) | |
| < 60 mmHg | 4 (1.3%) | |
| < 70 mmHg | 6 (2.0%) | |
| < 80 mmHg | 2 (0.7%) | |
| < 90 mmHg | 1 (0.3%) | |
| < 100 mmHg | 4 (1.3%) | |
| I don’t know | 27 (8.8%) | |
| I do not measure absolute toe pressure | 226 (73.6%) | |
| Hand-held Doppler interpretation a | Audible output | 246 (80.4%) |
| Visual output | 1 (0.3%) | |
| Combination of audible and visual output | 51 (16.7%) | |
| I do not use hand-held Doppler | 8 (2.6%) | |
| When Audible and visual Doppler outputs are conflicting c | I place more emphasis on visual output | 11 (22.0%) |
| I place more emphasis on audible output | 11 (22.0%) | |
| I document both outputs separately | 23 (46.0%) | |
| I place less emphasis on Doppler results overall | 5 (10.0%) | |
| Doppler Audible output considered indicative of peripheral arterial disease | Monophasic sounds | 254 (82.7%) |
| Weak biphasic sounds | 65 (21.2%) | |
| Quiet or dampened sounds | 55 (17.9%) | |
| “Whooshing” sounds | 41 (13.4%) | |
| Absent sounds | 40 (13.0%) | |
| Irregular or turbulent sounds | 30 (9.8%) | |
| “Bounding” sounds | 20 (6.5%) | |
| Sluggish or slow sounds | 11 (3.6%) | |
| Sounds which are different between limbs | 4 (1.3%) |
Values are presented as n (%). a answered by 306 (99.7%) participants; b answered by 295 (96.1%) participants; c answered by 50 (16.3%)