Quality of life in patients postcolectomy for pediatric-onset ulcerative colitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ulcerative colitis in children can have a negative effect on quality of life (QOL).

Methods

We included 16 of 31 patients who underwent colectomy for ulcerative colitis before 20 years of age between 1980 and 2005 at University of California in San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital. A disease-specific QOL questionnaire (Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire-32), validated for adults, was used to determine QOL and an additional questionnaire addressing bowel function and reproductive health in long-term follow-up of these patients.

Results

Median age at the time of survey was 20.3 years (17.9-25.3), and time postcolectomy was 6.9 years (4.8-9.0). Mean total score was 159.7 ± 43.3 (58-210). Two patients (12.5%) had scores of ≥ 200, 12 (75.0%) had 101 t

SUBMITTER: Dalal DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4446343 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature