The Short Health Scale: A valid and reliable measure of health related quality of life in English speaking inflammatory bowel disease patients | Zendy

Edel McDermott | Zendy; Denise Keegan | Zendy; Kathryn R. Byrne | Zendy; Glen Doherty | Zendy; Hugh Mulcahy | Zendy

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The Short Health Scale: A valid and reliable measure of health related quality of life in English speaking inflammatory bowel disease patients

Author(s) -

Edel McDermott,

Denise Keegan,

Kathryn R. Byrne,

Glen Doherty,

Hugh Mulcahy

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of crohn s and colitis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.277

H-Index - 80

eISSN - 1876-4479

pISSN - 1873-9946

DOI - 10.1016/j.crohns.2012.07.030

Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , scale (ratio) , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , measure (data warehouse) , crohn's disease , intensive care medicine , gerontology , nursing , data mining , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science

Health related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease is influenced both by disease activity as well as by the psychosocial characteristics of the individual patient. The Short Health Scale (SHS) is a four-part visual analogue scale questionnaire using open-ended questions that are designed to assess the impact of inflammatory bowel disease on a health related quality of life. The four dimensions include bowel symptoms, activities of daily life, worry and general wellbeing. It has previously been validated in Swedish and Norwegian speaking patients.

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