Authors
Maria Kalafateli, Christos Triantos, Georgios Theocharis, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Aristidis Chronis, Apostolos Sapountzis, Vasileios Margaritis, Konstantinos Thomopoulos, Vasiliki Nikolopoulou
Publication date
2013
Journal
Annals of Gastroenterology: Quarterly Publication of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Volume
26
Issue
3
Pages
243
Publisher
The Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Description
Background
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has a negative impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of the study was to assess HRQoL of IBD patients in South-Western Greece.
Methods
89 IBD patients [38 (42.7%) Crohn's disease (CD), 51 (57.3%) ulcerative colitis (UC)] were included. HRQoL was assessed using IBD questionnaire (IBDQ), which tests four health domains: bowel symptoms (BS), systemic symptoms (SS), emotional function (EF) and social function (SF). Total score (TS) ranges from 32 to 224. Disease activity was measured using Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI)(CD), and Truelove and Witts classification (UC). The impact of epidemiological and disease-specific characteristics on IBDQ was studied.
Results
No statistically significant difference was found in all IBDQ scores between UC and CD patients. No correlation was found regarding age, sex, smoking, anemia, disease …
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