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- Title
Self-reported assessment of health-related quality of life in children who underwent restorative proctocolectomy with ileal J-pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis.
- Authors
Uchida, Keiichi; Kawamata, Ayumi; Hashimoto, Kiyoshi; Inoue, Mikihiro; Otake, Kohei; Koike, Yuhki; Matsushita, Kohei; Fujikawa, Hiroyuki; Okita, Yoshiki; Araki, Toshimitsu; Tanaka, Kouji; Kusunoki, Masato
- Abstract
Purpose: To clarify health-related quality of life (HRQOL) by self-evaluation after restorative proctocolectomy with ileal J-pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) in children with ulcerative colitis, a questionnaire using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL) was administered. Methods: The PedsQL was administered to 13 consecutive children (mean age 14.5 years) who underwent IPAA between 2005 and 2010 in our hospital and age-matched healthy controls. The mean duration after IPAA was 2.5 years (range 0.08-6 years) at the time of this study. Healthy children completed the same questionnaire by retrospective imaging during the past 1 month by the PedsQL evaluation policy. Results: Patients' total score and each functioning score after IPAA reached the same levels as those in healthy controls. Soiling, pouchitis occurrence, and bowel movements had no significant relationship to the PedsQL total score and each functioning score. Conclusions: Interference of physical activity, emotional status, and social life caused by refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) worsens patients' HRQOL. IPAA could resolve these problems in children with UC and result in an HRQOL comparable with that in healthy children.
- Subjects
RESTORATIVE proctocolectomy; PEDIATRIC surgery; SURGICAL anastomosis; ULCERATIVE colitis in children; SELF-evaluation; CONTROL groups; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Pediatric Surgery International, 2013, Vol 29, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
0179-0358
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00383-012-3224-1