Background Modern medicine should no longer rely solely on technical success to evaluate
treatments. The treatment of venous disease has seen many new developments, insights …

Objective We conducted a systematic review of the literature about quality-of-life (QOL)
scales in chronic venous disorders (CVDs) comprising leg ulcers to identify the respective …

Abstract Background VEINES-QOL/Sym is a disease-specific quality of life instrument for use
in venous diseases of the leg. Its relative scoring system precludes comparisons between …

Objective Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is the most common form of vascular involvement
in Behçet's disease (BD). Chronic post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) develops in up to one …

Background: Aim of the study was to validate a newly developed disease-specific quality of
life questionnaire (Wuerzburg Wound Score, WWS) in patients with chronic arterial or …

Objective This study aimed to compare the efficacy of customized graduated elastic
compression stockings (c-GECSs) based on lower leg parameter models with standard …

Purpose To prospectively evaluate the psychometric properties of the Venous Insufficiency
Epidemiological and Economic Study (VEINES-QOL/Sym) questionnaire, an instrument to …

Background Clinical trials that evaluated interventions to prevent postthrombotic syndrome
(PTS) used the Villalta scale (VS) to define PTS, but there is a lack of consistency in its use …

Objective Chronic venous disease is a common condition and has a significant impact on
patients' health status. Validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used to …

Background Chronic venous disease (CVD) is a well-defined and known disorder which
impact on related-health quality of life (QoL). The Chronic Venous Insufficiency Quality of …