Decreased health-related quality of life in angiodysplasia patients: A cross-sectional cohort

Karina V Grooteman, Mijntje Matheeuwsen, Erwin J M van Geenen and Joost P H Drenth

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-12

Abstract: Gastrointestinal angiodysplasias may cause anemia. Quality of life (QoL) is a valid patient reported outcome and improvement of QoL represents an important treatment goal. There is a paucity of data on the effect of angiodysplasias on QoL. Therefore, we aim to evaluate QoL and fatigue in angiodysplasia patients. We performed a cross-sectional patient-reported outcome study. We included patients with endoscopy proven angiodysplasias and measured QoL with Short Form-36 and level of fatigue using Multi Fatigue Inventory-20. We distinguished three subgroups of patients according to disease severity: 1) with treatment for angiodysplasias, 2) without treatment for angiodysplasias and 3) without recent hospital visits. The primary outcome was the physical component summary (PCS) score on the SF-36. Multivariate regression analysis were performed to correct for differences at baseline. A total of 144 patients completed the questionnaires (response rate = 62%; mean age 68 years; 65% men). Angiodysplasia patients have a significant lower PCS compared to the age-matched general population (respectively 41.0 vs. 43.3, p = 0.01). Disease severity is independently associated with a negative outcome on QoL (ß -4.6, 95% CI -7.8–-1.3). Similarly patients score lower on multiple QoL subdomains, i.e. role limitations due to physical health problems (40.8 vs. 44.0, p

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