Park SK, Ko BM, Goong HJ, Seo JY, Lee SH, Baek HL, Lee MS, Park DI. Short health scale: A valid measure of health-related quality of life in Korean-speaking patients with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(19): 3530-3537 [PMID: 28596689 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i19.3530]
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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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Table 4 Influence of other demographic and disease factors on high short health scale score
Symptoms
Activity
Worry
Well-being
Age < 40 (vs ≥ 40)
2.76 (0.79-9.56)
3.53 (1.18-10.56)
1.06 (0.47-3.28)
1.67 (0.70-3.94)
Sex, Female (vs male)
0.85 (0.25-2.90)
3.70 (0.98-7.45)
1.79 (0.83-3.85)
2.28 (1.02-5.08)
Education, beyond high school (vs junior school)
0.33 (0.02-5.51)
1.73 (0.25-11.95)
4.74 (1.06-21.2)
1.31 (0.22-7.75)
Smoking (vs non or ex-smoking)
3.79 (0.86-16.43)
3.43 (0.92-12.77)
1.02 (0.33-3.16)
2.78 (0.94-8.21)
Family history (vs no)
0.34 (0.06-1.92)
1.93 (0.20-18.62)
0.50 (0.14-1.80)
0.41 (0.10-1.59)
Disease, CD (vs UC)
0.54 (0.15-1.91)
0.52 (1.17-1.54)
0.81 (0.35-1.88)
1.41 (0.58-3.43)
Disease duration ≥ 5 yr (vs < 5 yr)
1.33 (0.45-3.89)
2.12 (0.81-5.52)
2.98 (1.43-6.20)
1.62 (0.77-3.45)
Anti-TNF use (vs no)
0.81 (0.18-3.59)
1.69 (0.53-5.44)
2.56 (1.06-6.22)
1.01 (0.48-2.68)
Azathioprine use (vs no)
0.55 (0.16-1.91)
1.39 (0.49-3.94)
1.39 (0.62-3.08)
1.69 (0.72-3.96)
Bowel operation history (vs no)
1.19 (0.28-4.94)
1.80 (0.50-6.47)
0.91 (0.40-2.06)
1.09 (0.44-2.68)
Disease activity, moderate to severe (vs mild or remission)
16.6 (4.19-66.18)
8.02 (2.43-26.43)
12.56 (3.66-43.09)
6.03 (1.98-18.40)
Citation: Park SK, Ko BM, Goong HJ, Seo JY, Lee SH, Baek HL, Lee MS, Park DI. Short health scale: A valid measure of health-related quality of life in Korean-speaking patients with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(19): 3530-3537