Associations between the toe braxial index and health-related quality of life in older people

Jennifer Sonter, Vivienne Chuter

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Abstract

Background: Peripheral arterial disease is responsible for impaired health-related quality of life as a consequence of associated morbidity and mortality. The toe brachial index (TBI) provides non-invasive assessment of peripheral arterial health. Lower TBI values have been associated with foot ulceration, amputation and impaired healing, however, the relationship with health-related quality of life has not yet been investigated. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the TBI and health-related quality of life. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 100 participants aged over 50 years recruited from podiatry clinics in New South Wales, Australia. The TBI was calculated using automated equipment and quality of life was assessed using the Short Form 36 version 2 (SF-36v2). Strength of associations was determined using Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients. Results: Lower TBI values demonstrated modest significant associations with poorer scores for the SF-36v2 domains Role Physical (rs = 0.219, p > 0.05), Social Function (rs = 0.219, p < 0.05) and the Physical Component Summary score (rs = 0.203, p < 0.05). Conclusions: The toe brachial index demonstrates limited associations with physical and social aspects of health-related quality of life in older people.
Original languageEnglish
Article number50
Number of pages6
JournalHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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© 2016 Sonter and Chuter. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.

Keywords

  • foot
  • older people
  • peripheral vascular diseases
  • quality of life
  • toes

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