Factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients with functional dyspepsia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment is important for patients with functional dyspepsia. However, no studies have assessed factors associated with HRQoL reduction in such patients in an Asian population. This study aimed to determine the contribution of clinical, psychosocial, and demographic factors to HRQoL in affected patients in Indonesia.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study, we recruited 124 patients in a tertiary hospital with functional dyspepsia according to Rome III criteria. HRQoL was measured using the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 (SF-36) physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) and compared with 2009 United States population norms. The factors investigated were age, gender, symptom severity, education lev

SUBMITTER: Hantoro IF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5930843 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature