Open AccessThe impact of functional dyspepsia on health-related quality of life in Saudi patients
Author(s) -
Saeed Wahass,
Mohamed S Khalil,
Abdulaziz A Al Qurain,
Mohamed I. Yasawy
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.29752
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , disease , gerd , sf 36 , mental health , arabic , health related quality of life , general health questionnaire , gastroenterology , physical therapy , reflux , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , nursing
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), which was assessed using the Nepean Dyspepsia Index, the Short Form-12 quality of life (QOL) scale, the general health questionnaire (GHQ-30) and the self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ-20).