ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2015
Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. A cross-sectional study in Norway.
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- A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial on Lactobacillus-containing cultured milk drink as adjuvant therapy for depression in irritable bowel syndrome.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
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- Irritable bowel syndrome: Factors of importance for disease-specific quality of life.United European gastroenterology journal · 2022Article
- The relationships between IBS and perceptions of physical and mental health-a Norwegian twin study.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Impaired Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Function in Pediatric Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.Pain research & management · 2021Article
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- Quality of life and its association with irritable bowel syndrome and fatigue ten years after giardiasis.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2019Article
- Predictors of Health-related Quality of Life in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients Compared With Healthy Individuals.Journal of clinical gastroenterology · 2019Article
- Quality of life among parents seeking treatment for their child's functional abdominal pain.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Sex-Gender Differences in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2018Review
- Desperately seeking a cure: Treatment seeking and appraisal in irritable bowel syndrome.British journal of health psychology · 2018Article
- Design and validation of a German version of the GSRS-IBS - an analysis of its psychometric quality and factorial structure.BMC gastroenterology · 2017Article
- A Measure of Suffering in relation to Anxiety and Quality of Life in IBS Patients: Preliminary Results.BioMed research international · 2017Article
- Factors influencing the health-related quality of life of Chinese advanced cancer patients and their spousal caregivers: a cross-sectional study.BMC palliative care · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundReduced quality of life (QoL) is often the main problem for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This study aimed at finding predictors of reduced physical and mental quality of life (QoL) accessible for intervention.
methodsConsecutive patients with IBS (according to the Rome II criteria) visiting a general practitioner were included in a prospective cohort study and followed up for 6-9 months. At the last visit, information about sociodemographic characteristics, abdominal complaints, QoL and a range of physical and mental comorbidities were collected. Physical and mental QoL were measured with the generic QoL instrument Short Form-12 Physical Component Score (SF-12 PCS) and Short Form-12 Mental Component Score (SF-12 MCS) respectively. The normal scores are 50. This cross-sectional study used data from the last visit.
resultsOut of 208 patients included in the cohort study, 149 (female/male: 105/44) with a mean age of 52 years (SD 15.3) were available for the analyses. Physical and mental QoL were reduced, the mean SF-12 PCS and SF-12 MCS scores were 38.4 (SD 11.9) and 45.0 (SD 11.3) respectively. The main independent predictors of low SF-12 PCS and SF-12 MCS were subjective health complaints and organic diseases, and affective disorders respectively. The severity of IBS symptoms was of minor clinical importance.
conclusionsTo help patients with IBS and reduced QoL, treatment should focus on QoL and not on relief of IBS symptoms. The different causes of reduced physical and mental QoL make an individually directed treatment necessary.
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