Health-related quality of life in pediatric ulcerative colitis patients on conventional medical treatment compared to th
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Health-related quality of life in pediatric ulcerative colitis patients on conventional medical treatment compared to those after restorative proctocolectomy Bushra A. Malik & Kristen Gibbons & Don Spady & Gordon Lees & Anthony Otley & Hien Q. Huynh
Accepted: 6 August 2012 / Published online: 23 August 2012 # Springer-Verlag 2012
G. Lees Division of General Surgery, Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
disease index (PUCAI), HRQL EuroQoL visual analog scale (EQ-5D/VAS) were collected and analyzed from all patients. Results Sixty-five respondents completed the IMPACT III (74 %) and 23 patients completed the IBDQ (26 %). Thirtythree surgical patients (34 %) responded (mean IMPACT III score0148.9±12.7; mean IBDQ0171.2±40.1). There was no significant difference in IMPACT III scores of surgical patients vs. medically treated patients (148.9 ± 12.7 vs. 140.6±19.4, p00.09). Patients with high IMPACT scores (>143 points) were most likely to be in remission (p00.05), they were less likely to be on medication (p
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