Quality of life assessment in patients with inguinal hernia.
ANZ J Surg
; 76(6): 491-3, 2006 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-16768776
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The natural history of untreated inguinal hernia (IH) is poorly understood. Whether a delay in operative repair of IH leads to excessive physical suffering or significant psychosocial impairment is not known. This study attempts to quantify the morbidity of patients with IH by assessing their quality of life (QOL) while on a waiting list for IH surgery.METHODS:
QOL was measured in adult patients with IH who were on the waiting list using a standardized SF-36 questionnaire. Scores were compared with a sample of age-, sex- and comorbidity-matched controls.RESULTS:
A total of 143 patients were identified, of which 106 were included in the study. Patients with IH had significantly impaired QOL compared with comorbidity- and demographic-matched controls across all of the domains measured. Subgroup analysis showed an inverse relationship between the size of the IH and the QOL and patients employed in manual work tended to have lower QOL compared with those with sedentary vocations.CONCLUSIONS:
In conclusion, we showed that the SF-36 score is a good measure of QOL in this patient group. Those patients on the elective waiting list for repair of IH have a significantly impaired QOL compared with age-, sex- and comorbidity-matched controls.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Qualidade de Vida
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Hérnia Inguinal
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article