Translation and Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese Short Version of Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients with Intermittent Claudication Symptoms

Marilia de Almeida Correia; Aluísio Andrade-Lima; Paulo Longano Mesquita de Oliveira; Rômulo Martins Domiciano; Wagner Jorge Ribeiro Domingues; Nelson Wolosker; Pedro Puench-Leão; Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias; Gabriel Grizzo Cucato

doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2018.02.026

Translation and Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese Short Version of Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients with Intermittent Claudication Symptoms

Marilia de Almeida Correia, Aluísio Andrade-Lima, Paulo Longano Mesquita de Oliveira, Rômulo Martins Domiciano, Wagner Jorge Ribeiro Domingues, Nelson Wolosker, Pedro Puench-Leão, Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Gabriel Grizzo Cucato

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BACKGROUND: The Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire (VascuQoL-6) was proposed to evaluate specific quality of life of peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients. However, there is no Brazilian-Portuguese version available, blunting its use in Brazilian patients. The objective of the study was to analyze the psychometric properties of a translated Brazilian-Portuguese version of VascuQoL-6 in Brazilian patients with PAD with intermittent claudication symptoms.

METHODS: One hundred eleven patients with PAD participated in the study. After translation and retranslation, construct validity was analyzed by identifying correlation between VascuQoL-6 scores, general World Health Organization qualify of life (WHOQOL) score, and subjective and objective functional capacity tests. To determine the reliability, internal consistency and test-retest reliability with at least 7 days interval between 2 questionnaire applications were calculated.

RESULTS: Significant correlations between the VascuQoL-6 score and total WHOQOL score (r = 0.44; P < 0.05) were observed. Moreover, we observed negative correlations between the VascuQoL-6 score and 4-meter usual pace (r = -0.33; P < 0.05) and 4-meter fast pace (r = -0.34; P < 0.05) and positive correlation with onset claudication distance (r = 0.39; P < 0.05) and total walking distance (r = 0.29; P ≤ 0.05). Internal consistency was 0.84, whereas the intraclass coefficient correlation was 0.84, with no differences in VascuQoL-6 scores between the 2 applications days.

CONCLUSIONS: The Brazilian-Portuguese version of the VascuQoL-6 presents adequate valid and reliability indicators, allowing its use in patients with PAD with intermittent claudication symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	48-54.e1
Journal	Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume	51
Early online date	15 May 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2018.02.026
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Aged
Brazil
Exercise Tolerance
Female
Health Status
Humans
Intermittent Claudication/diagnosis
Male
Middle Aged
Peripheral Arterial Disease/diagnosis
Predictive Value of Tests
Psychometrics
Quality of Life
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
Translating
Walk Test
Walking

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de Almeida Correia, M., Andrade-Lima, A., Mesquita de Oliveira, P. L., Domiciano, R. M., Ribeiro Domingues, W. J., Wolosker, N., Puench-Leão, P., Ritti-Dias, R. M., & Cucato, G. G. (2018). Translation and Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese Short Version of Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients with Intermittent Claudication Symptoms. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 51, 48-54.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2018.02.026

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de Almeida Correia, M, Andrade-Lima, A, Mesquita de Oliveira, PL, Domiciano, RM, Ribeiro Domingues, WJ, Wolosker, N, Puench-Leão, P, Ritti-Dias, RM & Cucato, GG 2018, 'Translation and Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese Short Version of Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients with Intermittent Claudication Symptoms', Annals of Vascular Surgery, vol. 51, pp. 48-54.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2018.02.026

Translation and Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese Short Version of Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients with Intermittent Claudication Symptoms. / de Almeida Correia, Marilia; Andrade-Lima, Aluísio; Mesquita de Oliveira, Paulo Longano et al.
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de Almeida Correia M, Andrade-Lima A, Mesquita de Oliveira PL, Domiciano RM, Ribeiro Domingues WJ, Wolosker N et al. Translation and Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese Short Version of Vascular Quality of Life Questionnaire in Peripheral Artery Disease Patients with Intermittent Claudication Symptoms. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2018 Aug 1;51:48-54.e1. Epub 2018 May 15. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2018.02.026

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