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- Title
A comparison of the discriminatory power of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire and the SF-36 in people with ulcerative colitis.
- Authors
McColl, E.; Han, S. W.; Barton, J. R.; Welfare, M. R.
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the discriminatory power of a generic and a condition-specific quality of life measure (the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 (SF-36) and the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ)) with respect to sub-groups defined by disease-related and other factors, in a sample of patients with ulcerative colitis. Disease activity was generally more highly correlated with IBDQ scores than with SF-36 scores. The only significant differences with respect to disease extent were in the SF-36 energy/vitality and social function domains. Age was negatively and weakly to moderately correlated with the physical domains of the SF-36 but positively though weakly correlated with scores on the IBDQ emotional domain and those domains of the SF-36 related to mental well-being. Co-existing chronic illness, even on controlling for age, was associated with significantly poorer scores on the generic measure, but had little influence on IBDQ scores. In conclusion, generic and disease-specific measures of quality of life appear to be complementary rather than interchangeable. We recommend the use of both types of measure in parallel.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; ULCERATIVE colitis; QUESTIONNAIRES; INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases; VITALITY; HEALTH; PATIENTS
- Publication
Quality of Life Research, 2004, Vol 13, Issue 4, p805
- ISSN
0962-9343
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1023/B:QURE.0000021701.28467.57