BACKGROUND: To determine the health-related quality of life in patients with Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as to evaluate differences according to sex, type of disease and other sociodemographic variables. METHOD: Cross sectional study of 100 outpatients in the Digestive Service of the Navarre Hospital Complex.A questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical variables was used, as well as a version of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire-32 adapted to Spanish, in order to measure quality of life. RESULTS: The average score of the questionnaire on quality of life was 166 points (D.T.=40.06) out of a maximum of 232. Statistically significant differences were found according to type of disease (p=0.005)and sex (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS: People with Crohn disease or females perceive a worse quality of life related to health in comparison to patients with ulcerative colitis or men.
BACKGROUND: To determine the health-related quality of life in patients with Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as to evaluate differences according to sex, type of disease and other sociodemographic variables. METHOD: Cross sectional study of 100 outpatients in the Digestive Service of the Navarre Hospital Complex.A questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical variables was used, as well as a version of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire-32 adapted to Spanish, in order to measure quality of life. RESULTS: The average score of the questionnaire on quality of life was 166 points (D.T.=40.06) out of a maximum of 232. Statistically significant differences were found according to type of disease (p=0.005)and sex (p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS:People with Crohn disease or females perceive a worse quality of life related to health in comparison to patients with ulcerative colitis or men.
Authors: Jesús K Yamamoto-Furusho; Katya E Bozada Gutiérrez; Andrea Sarmiento-Aguilar; Ana Fresán-Orellana; Perla Arguelles-Castro; Mario García-Alanis Journal: Psychiatry J Date: 2021-10-27
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