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Table 4.1 Measures of quality of life typically administered to
patients with wounds
Measures of quality of life Type
Cardiff wound impact schedule (CWIS) Wound specific
Charing cross venous leg ulcer questionnaire Wound specific
(CCVLUQ)
Sheffield Preference-based Venous Ulcer Wound specific
questionnaire (SPVU-5D)
Skindex Wound specific
Hyland New Ulcer Specific Tool Wound specific
WoundQoL Wound specific
Nottingham health profile (NHP) Generic
Philadelphia geriatric centre multi-level Generic
assessment instrument
SF-36 Generic
EuroQoL (EQ-5D) Generic

In practice, many measures follow the WHO statement that
health is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being; not merely the absence of disease” (WHO 1948 )
as their conceptual foundation and often focus specifically on
the impact of illness and treatment on these aspects of daily
life. According to Varni et al. ( 2003 ) HRQoL instruments
must be multidimensional, consisting at the minimum of the
physical, mental, and social health dimensions delineated by
the World Health Organization (WHO 1948 ). These core
components of physical, mental and social functioning may
therefore be supplemented with additional dimensions such
as patient satisfaction and spirituality (Cella 1997 ). Table 4.2
clearly demonstrates this. All three generic and three wound
specific measures cover the minimum domains of physical,
social and emotional functioning. However each measure
also includes a range of other domains including vitality, cos-
meis, pain and smell.