These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Comparative analysis of efficiency of the estimation of quality of life in patients with irritable bowel syndrome using questionnaires IBS-QOL and index BEST].
    Author: Pilipenko VI, Isakov VA.
    Journal: Eksp Klin Gastroenterol; 2008; (6):4-8. PubMed ID: 19334419.
    Abstract:
    AIM: To examine the power of correlation between IBS-QOL Questionnare and BEST index in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. METHODS: The IBS-QOL and BEST index were administered to 71 patients with IBS twice: before and after treatment. Statistical analysis to test the correlation between IBS-QOL and BEST index was performed using Spearman's rho coefficient. RESULTS: The study cohort included 71 patients with Rome-III IBS evaluated at the State Research Institute of Nutrition of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (mean age 41,4; mean IBS-QOL = 65,6; 76% women). The mean completion + scoring time for BEST was under 3 minutes vs 25 minutes for IBS-QOL. There was a striking correlation (r = - 0,8) between BEST and IBS-QOL results. CONCLUSIONS: BEST is a concise, rapidly completed, point-of-care IBS severity index that demonstrates large correlation with well-validated instrument for assessing QOL (IBS-QOL) in IBS patients.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]