Clinical, sonographic and manometric characteristics and impact on quality of life of anal incontinence in 92 men referred for endoanal ultrasonography

Léger, François; Henry, Luc; Mion, François; Roman, Sabine; Barth, X.; Colin, Cyrille; Schott, Anne-Marie; Damon, Henri

doi:10.1016/j.gcb.2008.02.010

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“…In addition, quality of life of a person is determined by many factors or dimensions, which may in some persons correlate with the severity of symptoms; in others, it may be multifactorial determined also by social and/or emotional influences as well [ 1 – 3 , 27 , 28 , 30 , 34 , 49 ]. Therefore, the comparison of different studies on patients with benign colorectal disease, performed in different cultural environments from different countries, can be of substantial scientific and academic value.…”

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“…The integral values of index points, which have been generated in a standardized fashion, allow for comparison with both, other patient cohorts and published values from healthy, non-patient control cohorts [ 1 , 2 , 5 , 10 , 30 , 34 ]. Comparing different clinical populations with different GIQLI points can provide an overview over the total span of symptom severity for the clinician, providing an additional tool for clinical decision-making [ 28 , 30 , 34 , 49 ]. While a normal QOL level in patients with colorectal disease should encourage the managing therapists to be cautious in favoring a decision for interventional and surgical therapy, a substantial reduction in quality of life should motivate any physician to further investigate the reasons for such a deleterious QOL.…”

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Quality of life in benign colorectal disease—a review of the assessment with the Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI)

Fuchs,

Musial,

Retzbach

et al. 2023

Int J Colorectal Dis

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Background and purpose The Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index (GIQLI) is an instrument for the assessment of quality of life (QOL) in diseases of the upper and lower GI tract, which is validated in several languages around the world. The purpose of this literature review is the assessment of the GIQLI in patients with benign colorectal diseases. Reports on GIQLI data are collected from several institutions, countries, and different cultures which allows for comparisons, which are lacking in literature. Methods The GIQL Index uses 36 items around 5 dimensions (gastrointestinal symptoms (19 items), emotional dimension (5 items), physical dimension (7 items), social dimension (4 items), and therapeutic influences (1 item). The literature search was performed on the GIQLI and colorectal disease, using reports in PubMed. Data are presented descriptively as GIQL Index points as well as a reduction from 100% maximum possible index points (max 144 index points = highest quality of life). Results The GIQLI was found in 122 reports concerning benign colorectal diseases, of which 27 were finally selected for detailed analysis. From these 27 studies, information on 5664 patients (4046 female versus 1178 male) was recorded and summarized. The median age was 52 years (range 29–74.7). The median GIQLI of all studies concerning benign colorectal disease was 88 index points (range 56.2–113). Benign colorectal disease causes a severe reduction in QOL for patients down to 61% of the maximum. Conclusions Benign colorectal diseases cause substantial reductions in the patient’s QOL, well documented by GIQLI, which allows a comparison QOL with other published cohorts.

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