18 September 2023: Clinical Research
Enhancing Functional Efficiency and Quality of Life through Revascularization Surgery in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Comparative Analysis of Objective and Subjective Indicators
Anna Nowaczyk 1ABCDEFG* , Justyna Cwajda-Białasik 2ADEF , Arkadiusz Jawień 3BE , Maria Teresa Szewczyk 2ACEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941673
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941673
Table 2 Comparison of changes in specific questions and intermittent claudication questionnaire (ICQ) total score in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) before and after revascularization surgery.
| No. | Specific questions | Test results* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before±SD | After±SD | Difference±SD | ||
| 1. | Intensification of pain | 4.80±0.39 | 3.60±0.68 | 1.20±0.65 |
| 2. | Crossing the road | 3.78±0.80 | 2.62±1.00 | 1.16±0.76 |
| 3. | Using the bus, train or tube | 4.56±0.78 | 3.55±1.11 | 1.01±0.86 |
| 4. | Climbing several flights of stairs | 4.74±0.53 | 3.80±0.78 | 0.94±0.76 |
| 5. | Climbing one flight of stairs | 3.72±0.67 | 2.67±1.00 | 1.05±0.76 |
| 6. | Walking more than 1500 m | 4.78±0.51 | 3.79±0.79 | 0.99±0.71 |
| 7. | Walking 100 m | 3.60±0.72 | 2.46±0.85 | 1.14±0.86 |
| 8. | Going out of the house | 3.64±0.96 | 2.61±1.04 | 1.03±0.79 |
| 9. | Number of rests caused by leg pains | 4.99±0.10 | 4.99±0.13 | 0.00±0.16 |
| 10. | Time spent thinking about leg pains | 3.98±0.68 | 2.82±0.78 | 1,16±0.90 |
| 11. | Time spent feeling downhearted and low because of leg pains | 2.67±0.81 | 1.68±0.82 | 0.99±0.95 |
| 12. | Worrying that leg pains would get worse | 2.68±0.94 | 1.90±0.72 | 0.78±0.79 |
| 13. | Interference with normal work | 4.29±0.80 | 3.14±0.86 | 1.15±1.08 |
| 14. | Interference with hobbies or pastimes | 4.09±0.94 | 2.95±0.84 | 1.14±0.99 |
| 15. | Interference with social activities | 2.73±1.00 | 2.18±0.84 | 0.55±1.16 |
| 16. | Interference with doing errands (shopping, going to the post office or bank, etc.) | 4.30±0.76 | 3.42±0.81 | 0.88±0.91 |
| Total ICQ score** | 79.92±8.29 | 60.23±12.36 | 19.69±0.21 | |
| * Mean: SD – standard deviation; t – analysis of the final results using the Student’s t-test for dependent samples; p – statistical significance level. ** ICQ – intermittent claudication questionnaire | ||||