Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học đề tài : The AMC Linear Disability Score (ALDS): a cross-sectional study with a new generic instrument to measure disability applied to patients with peripheral arterial diseas | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes BioMed Central Research The AMC Linear Disability Score ALDS a cross-sectional study with a new generic instrument to measure disability applied to patients with peripheral arterial disease Rosemarie Met1 Jim A Reekers 1 Mark JW Koelemay2 Dink A Legemate2 and Rob J de Haan3 Open Access Address Department of Radiology Academic Medical Center Meibergdreef 9 1105 AZ Amsterdam the Netherlands 2Department of Vascular Surgery Academic Medical Center Meibergdreef 9 1105 AZ Amsterdam the Netherlands and 3Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Academic Medical Center Meibergdreef 9 1105 AZ Amsterdam the Netherlands Email Rosemarie Met - Jim A Reekers - Mark JW Koelemay - Dink A Legemate - Rob J de Haan - robjdehaan@ Corresponding author Published 12 October 2009 Received 7 April 2009 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 88 doi 1477-7525-7-88 Accepted 12 October 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 88 2009 Met et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The AMC Linear Disability Score ALDS is a calibrated generic itembank to measure the level of physical disability in patients with chronic diseases. The ALDS has already been validated in different patient populations suffering from chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the clinimetric properties of the ALDS in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Methods Patients with intermittent claudication IC and critical limb ischemia CLI presenting from January 2007 through November 2007 were included. Risk factors for atherosclerosis ankle brachial index
