A prospective longitudinal evaluation and affecting factors of health related quality of life after appendectomy

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 848-857

  Koumarelas, Konstantinos ^a   Theodoropoulos, George E ^b   Spyropoulos, Basileios G ^b   Bramis, Konstantinos ^b   Manouras, Andreas ^b   Zografos, George ^b  

^a Geniko Kratiko Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendectomy; EQ 5D; Gastrointestinal quality of life index; Health related quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVARADO SCORE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE 5 DIMENSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; FOLLOW UP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905687085     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.06.015     Document Type: Article

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