Abstract 14094: Use of a Spanish-translated Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire for Detection of Peripheral Arterial Disease in an Outpatient Setting

IntroductionThe Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire (ECQ) is a well validated English-based screening measure to diagnose peripheral arterial disease (PAD). A similar Spanish-based validated questionnaire is lacking. We determined the ability of a Spanish-translated ECQ to accurately detect PAD in a predominantly Spanish-speaking population and whether certain baseline characteristics significantly impacted questionnaire performance.MethodsWe constructed a Spanish version of the ECQ and administered it to all participating Spanish-speaking outpatients without known PAD at a busy Los Angeles County cardiology clinic from October 2014-March 2015. Patients who answered “yes” to at least one of the questions were suspected to have PAD, and were then offered ankle brachial index (ABI) testing. An ABI value of