...Marla C. Dubinsky; Alessandro Armuzzi; Krisztina B. Gecse; Thomas Ullman; Andrew G. Bushmakin; Marco DiBonaventura; Joseph C. Cappelleri; Susan B. Connelly; John C. Woolcott; Leonardo Salese Background: Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) often report impaired health-related quality of life...

...George Dafnis Objective: The purpose of this population-based study was to present prospectively recorded functional data and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire data to assess the long-term results of the first 100 consecutive ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) performed...

...; J.M. Canard Introduction: Little is known about the intensity of symptoms of diarrhea-predominant IBS (IBS-D) or the consequences of the disease on patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL). This observational investigation assessed the symptoms (abdominal pain, bloating, number of stools per...

...Katarina Halling; Károly Kulich; Jonas Carlsson; Ingela Wiklund Background/Aims: This study investigates the symptoms and the impact of symptoms on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients consulting with dyspepsia. Methods: Consecutive patients with a diagnosis of dyspepsia were recruited...

...Dennis Revicki; Sonja Sorensen; Paul Maton; Roy Orlando Objective: This study evaluated changes in health-related quality of life (HRQL) outcomes of once-daily omeprazole compared with ranitidine for the short-term treatment of patients with poorly responsive symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux...