An overview of the most commonly used venous quality of life and clinical outcome measurements

For the accurate evaluation of treatment outcomes, socioeconomic, QoL, and clinical aspects must be assessed. None of the available disease-specific instruments is suited to use in uniform outcome measurement for the whole spectrum of venous disease. A new combined QoL and clinical instrument is needed to validly assess and compare the outcomes of venous treatments. The VEINES-QOL/Sym is currently the most valid instrument to assess disease-specific QoL.