W. Humphreys et al., QUALITY-OF-LIFE - IS IT A PRACTICAL TOOL IN PATIENTS WITH VASCULAR-DISEASE, Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 23, 1994, pp. 190000034-190000036
With increasing pressure on resources, health care managers are intere
sted in evaluating both drug and surgical treatments. A single measure
of the quality of life of patients may be a useful tool in such an ev
aluation. We have assessed two methods of measuring quality of life in
this preliminary study and have found them to be useful and simple to
assess in patients undergoing vascular surgery. Changes between the p
reoperative values and post-operative values correlate well with the c
linical impression.