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Impact of Gastrointestinal Diseases on Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients in Pakistan

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Pakistani patients. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st January 2019 to 15th February 2019 at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan by employing a self-a...

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Autores principales: Shahzad, Hania, Hussain, Muhammad Muneeb, Abid, Adeel, Sattar, Saadia, Imtiaz, Bisma, Abid, Shahab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8456380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34584784
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17374
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author Shahzad, Hania
Hussain, Muhammad Muneeb
Abid, Adeel
Sattar, Saadia
Imtiaz, Bisma
Abid, Shahab
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Imtiaz, Bisma
Abid, Shahab
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description Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Pakistani patients. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st January 2019 to 15th February 2019 at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan by employing a self-administered questionnaire called Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI). Questionnaires were distributed among the patients presenting to outpatient gastroenterology clinics to evaluate their HRQoL. Results A total of 199 patients were included in this study, and their mean GIQLI score was 87.8 ± 17.8. Results showed that more severe core symptoms can lead to a poorer QoL. Overall GIQLI scores and most of its domain scores were lower in females as compared to males (p-value: 0.02). Obese patients had an overall lower mean GIQLI score including in the GI, psychological, and social domains while advanced age was associated with a higher disease-specific GIQLI score. Conclusion Based on our findings, GI diseases negatively impact the HRQoL in patients. Physicians need to consider the different domains of QoL as part of a holistic approach to treating these patients.
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spelling pubmed-84563802021-09-27 Impact of Gastrointestinal Diseases on Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients in Pakistan Shahzad, Hania Hussain, Muhammad Muneeb Abid, Adeel Sattar, Saadia Imtiaz, Bisma Abid, Shahab Cureus Psychology Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Pakistani patients. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from 1st January 2019 to 15th February 2019 at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan by employing a self-administered questionnaire called Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI). Questionnaires were distributed among the patients presenting to outpatient gastroenterology clinics to evaluate their HRQoL. Results A total of 199 patients were included in this study, and their mean GIQLI score was 87.8 ± 17.8. Results showed that more severe core symptoms can lead to a poorer QoL. Overall GIQLI scores and most of its domain scores were lower in females as compared to males (p-value: 0.02). Obese patients had an overall lower mean GIQLI score including in the GI, psychological, and social domains while advanced age was associated with a higher disease-specific GIQLI score. Conclusion Based on our findings, GI diseases negatively impact the HRQoL in patients. Physicians need to consider the different domains of QoL as part of a holistic approach to treating these patients. Cureus 2021-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8456380/ /pubmed/34584784 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17374 Text en Copyright © 2021, Shahzad et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Imtiaz, Bisma
Abid, Shahab
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17374
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