The Combination of Patient-Reported Clinical Symptoms and an Endoscopic Score Correlates Well with Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Aniwan S, Bruining DH, Park SH, Al-Bawardy B, Kane SV, Prabhu N, Kisiel JB, Raffals LE, Papadakis KA, Pardi DS, Tremaine WJ, Loftus EV. The Combination of Patient-Reported Clinical Symptoms and an Endoscopic Score Correlates Well with Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2019, 8: 1171. PMID: 31387259, PMCID: PMC6723355, DOI: 10.3390/jcm8081171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchShort Inflammatory Bowel Disease QuestionnaireMayo endoscopic subscorePatient-reported outcomesUlcerative colitisClinical symptomsPatient-reported clinical symptomsChronic Illness Therapy-FatigueInflammatory Bowel Disease QuestionnaireProspective cross-sectional studyConsecutive UC patientsActivity Impairment QuestionnaireBowel Disease QuestionnaireHealth-related qualityFuture clinical trialsCross-sectional studyCombination of patientQuality of lifeStool frequencyDisease QuestionnaireEndoscopic scoreEndoscopic subscorePrimary endpointRectal bleedingUC patientsHRQoL scores