Investigation of the Quality of Life of Patients with Gastrointestinal Issues Treated in the Surgical Clinic of a Regional General Hospital in Greece
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design, Sample and Participants
2.2. Research Tools
2.3. Data Collection
2.4. Ethical Considerations
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Patient Characteristics
3.2. Quality of Life & Anxiety
3.3. Characteristics, QoL & Anxiety
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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n | % | ||
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Gender | men/women | 42/41 | 50.6/49.4 |
Age, years | 18–49 | 35 | 42.2 |
50–69 | 32 | 38.5 | |
70–93 | 16 | 19.3 | |
Marital status | Unmarried, Divorced, Widowed | 25 | 30.1 |
Married, Partnered | 58 | 69.9 | |
Children | yes/no | 69/14 | 83.1/16.9 |
Nationality | Greek/other | 78/5 | 94.0/6.0 |
Place of residence | Rural | 18 | 21.7 |
Urban | 65 | 78.3 | |
Education | Primary school | 18 | 21.7 |
Lower Secondary school | 16 | 19.3 | |
Higher Secondary school | 14 | 16.9 | |
Higher education (University, Technical College) | 18 | 21.7 | |
MA, MSc, PhD | 17 | 20.4 | |
Monthly income, € | <500 | 24 | 28.9 |
500–999 | 23 | 27.7 | |
1000+ | 36 | 43.4 |
Mean | SD | Median | Min. | Max. | Cronbach’s α | |
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SF-36 QoL Components a | ||||||
Physical Functioning (PF) | 54.3 | 29.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.900 |
Role Physical (RP) | 34.3 | 41.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.897 |
Bodily Pain (BP) | 40.6 | 24.3 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.791 |
General Health (GH) | 49.3 | 18.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.697 |
Vitality (VT) | 47.8 | 20.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.836 |
Social Functioning (SF) | 50.6 | 19.7 | 50.0 | 12.5 | 100.0 | 0.680 |
Role Emotional (RE) | 46.2 | 43.2 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.711 |
Mental Health (MH) | 58.9 | 18.8 | 60.0 | 12.0 | 100.0 | 0.810 |
Physical Component (PC) | 44.6 | 20.4 | 42.5 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.863 |
moderate/high (>50.0) | n = 29 or 34.9% | |||||
Mental Component (MC) | 50.9 | 15.6 | 50.2 | 19.3 | 86.3 | 0.787 |
moderate/high (>50.0) | n = 42 or 50.6% | |||||
Anxiety | ||||||
State Anxiety (STAI) b | 45.4 | 8.9 | 47.0 | 26 | 66 | 0.807 |
low (up to 40) | n = 26 or 31.3% | |||||
high (>40) | n = 57 or 68.7% |
QoL: | State Anxiety | Δ-Difference | p-Value | |||
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Low (up to 40) | High (>40) | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Physical Component a | 50.4 | 19.8 | 42.0 | 20.3 | 8.4 | 0.083 |
Mental Component a | 58.7 | 13.8 | 47.3 | 15.1 | 11.4 | 0.002 |
SF-36 QoL (Moderate/High versus Low) | ||||||
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Physical Component | Mental Component | |||||
OR | 95%CI | p-Value | OR | 95%CI | p-Value | |
Gender (women versus men) | 0.86 | 0.28–2.70 | 0.799 | 0.61 | 0.21, 1.78 | 0.362 |
Age (for each year of change) | 0.95 | 0.91–0.99 | 0.012 | 0.96 | 0.93, 1.00 | 0.057 |
Family status (Married or Partnered versus Unmarried, Divorced, Widowed) | 3.97 | 0.91–17.3 | 0.067 | 6.59 | 1.72, 25.3 | 0.006 |
Children (yes versus no) | 1.48 | 0.27–8.01 | 0.650 | 1.38 | 0.25, 7.46 | 0.711 |
Education (for each level of change) | 1.02 | 0.67–1.56 | 0.913 | 0.83 | 0.55, 1.27 | 0.394 |
Place of residence (Urban versus Rural) | 1.53 | 0.36–6.63 | 0.567 | 1.39 | 0.38, 5.08 | 0.619 |
Monthly income (for each level of change, e.g., <€500, €500–1000 or >€1000) | 1.44 | 0.69–3.00 | 0.336 | 0.99 | 0.48, 2.07 | 0.987 |
State Anxiety (high versus low) | 0.56 | 0.17–1.85 | 0.341 | 0.16 | 0.05, 0.57 | 0.005 |
pseudo R2 Negelkerke | 0.265 | 0.268 |
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Rikos, N.; Frantzeskaki, C.; Fragiadaki, M.; Kassotaki, A.; Mpalaskas, A.; Linardakis, M.; Vasilopoulos, G. Investigation of the Quality of Life of Patients with Gastrointestinal Issues Treated in the Surgical Clinic of a Regional General Hospital in Greece. Clin. Pract. 2023, 13, 520-528. https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13020048
Rikos N, Frantzeskaki C, Fragiadaki M, Kassotaki A, Mpalaskas A, Linardakis M, Vasilopoulos G. Investigation of the Quality of Life of Patients with Gastrointestinal Issues Treated in the Surgical Clinic of a Regional General Hospital in Greece. Clinics and Practice. 2023; 13(2):520-528. https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13020048
Chicago/Turabian StyleRikos, Nikos, Chara Frantzeskaki, Maria Fragiadaki, Anna Kassotaki, Andreas Mpalaskas, Manolis Linardakis, and Georgios Vasilopoulos. 2023. "Investigation of the Quality of Life of Patients with Gastrointestinal Issues Treated in the Surgical Clinic of a Regional General Hospital in Greece" Clinics and Practice 13, no. 2: 520-528. https://doi.org/10.3390/clinpract13020048