Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Population-Based Study in Calgary, Alberta

Feng Xiao Li; Scott B Patten; Robert J Hilsden; Lloyd R Sutherland

doi:10.1155/2003/706891

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2003)

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Population-Based Study in Calgary, Alberta

Feng Xiao Li,
Scott B Patten,
Robert J Hilsden,
Lloyd R Sutherland

Affiliations

Feng Xiao Li: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Scott B Patten: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Robert J Hilsden: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lloyd R Sutherland: Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2003/706891
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 4
pp. 259 – 263

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of nonclinical samples of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in Canada. In a pilot survey, the impact of IBS on HRQOL using a population-based, urban sample was examined.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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