Walking Estimated Limitation Calculated by History - Study 2 (WELCH-2)

University Hospital, Angers

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 4

Conditions: Peripheral Artery Disease

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01424020

CHU-P 2011-06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test and validate a new questionnaire in order to get a "walking estimated limitation calculated by history (WELCH) in patients referred for vascular investigations.

Full description

Two questionnaires the WELCH and the "walking impairment questionnaire" (WIQ) are submitted to patients referred for vascular investigations for suspêcted peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Comparison of score to hemodynamic parameters (first goal) or maximal walking distance (MWD) on treadmill (secondary goal). Scoring of the WIQ is performed according to references. Scoring of the WELCH has been submitted for copyright protection (involves a series of 4 additions a subtraction and a single multiplication)

Enrollment: 800 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• French Native language
• 18 years old or older
• Signed consent
• Covered by the French social care system

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to participate for administrative reasons
• Psychiatric troubles
• Pain at rest or critical limb ischemia
• Unable to walk (ex: wheelchair subjects)

Note: previous inclusion in the protocole is note an exclusion criterion for a new participation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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800 participants in 1 patient group

questionnaire

Experimental group

Description:

Patients suspected of peripheral artery disease and, as such, referred for a vascular investigations and submitted the WELCH questionnaire

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire