Abstract
Quality of life following restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis
Highlights
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a hereditary disease of the colon
The mean overall Cleveland global quality of life (CGQL) score as well as its 3 subcomponents improved after surgery for ulcerative colitis
Our study indicates that restorative proctocolectomy (RP) results in a significant improvement of quality of life (QOL) in patients with UC or FAP
Summary
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a hereditary disease of the colon. QOL of all patients with UC and FAP who underwent RP over a period of 48 months was evaluated preoperatively and at 6 months and 1 year following surgery using the Cleveland global quality of life (CGQL) instrument [6]. This consists of 3 subcomponents, namely, current quality of life, current quality of health and current energy. Any difference of QOL (i.e. before and after surgery) was compared using Student’s t-test and a p-value
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