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World J Gastroenterol. May 21, 2017; 23(19): 3530-3537
Published online May 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i19.3530
Published online May 21, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i19.3530
Short health scale: A valid measure of health-related quality of life in Korean-speaking patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Soo-Kyung Park, Jeong Yeon Seo, Sang Hyuk Lee, Hae Lim Baek, Dong Il Park, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 03181, South Korea
Bong Min Ko, Hyeon Jeong Goong, Moon Sung Lee, Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Bucheon 13557, South Korea
Author contributions: Park SK designed the research; Park SK, Ko BM and Park DI performed the research; Park SK analyzed the data; Park SK wrote the paper; Goong HJ, Seo JY, Lee SH, Baek HL and Lee MS gave critical revision of the article for important intellectual content; Park DI final approval of the article.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Korea.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this study.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Dong Il Park, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 29 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03181, South Korea. diksmc.park@samsung.com
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Received: December 27, 2017
Peer-review started: December 29, 2017
First decision: March 3, 2017
Revised: March 14, 2017
Accepted: May 4, 2017
Article in press: May 4, 2017
Published online: May 21, 2017
Peer-review started: December 29, 2017
First decision: March 3, 2017
Revised: March 14, 2017
Accepted: May 4, 2017
Article in press: May 4, 2017
Published online: May 21, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: The short health scale (SHS) is a new, simple, four-part visual analog scale questionnaire that is designed to assess the impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). In Korean-speaking IBD patients, total SHS scores correlated with total IBDQ scores in both Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). There was a stepwise increase in SHS scores with increasing disease activity in both CD and UC. Reliability was confirmed with test-retest correlations. Thus, SHS is a valid and reliable measure of HRQOL in Korean-speaking patients with IBD.