PECULIARITIES OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE.

ABSTRACT

Many studies showed, that quality of life (QL ) is affected in case of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Numerous questionnaires with a wide variety of characteristics have been developed for the assessment of GERD. The current study aimed to determine the QL changes of patients with GERD. The sample consisted of 100 patients with GERD. We also formed control group, which consist of 50 practical healthy patients (without GERD). In case group we formed two subgroups- GERD with Esophagitis and GERD without Esophagitis. For QL measure we used SF-36 questionnaire. In case group 58 patients were male and 42 were female. GERD without Esophagitis subgroup included 71 cases, 41 of which were diagnosed in men and 30 in women. The mean age of this subgroup was 35.3±5.2 years. The second clinical subgroup is gastroesophageal reflux, with eosophthalic patients, which consisted of 29 cases. 17 patients in this subgroup were male and 12 female. The mean age of this subgroup was 35,4±5,3 years. The most affected subscales of patients with GERD were "Role physical functioning", "General health", "Role emotional functioning" comparing with control group according SF-36 questionnaire. In the case of GERD without an esophagus, the most affected were "Role physical functioning" and "Role emotional functioning" subscales. Regardless of the type of subgroup, QL "Bodily pain" and "General health" subscal's scores were lowIn case group patients, who have BMI>25 kg/m2 have lower scores of QL compared to the group GERD BMI<25kg/m2.