Alcoholic chronic pancreatitis: A quality of life study
| Autor: | Renato Duffles Martins, Ermelindo Ermelindo Della Libera Junior, Simone Carla Beninca, Angelica Rocha de Freitas Melhem |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Quality of life
0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Medicine (miscellaneous) lcsh:TX341-641 Qualidade de vida 03 medical and health sciences alcoholic. Pancreatitis 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus medicine Diabetes Mellitus. Pancreatitis 030212 general & internal medicine Pancreatitis chronic 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry medicine.disease Pancreatite alcoólica Surgery chronic Pancreatite crônica Pancreatitis Alcoholic pancreatitis business lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply |
| Zdroj: | Revista de Nutrição v.29 n.1 2016 Revista de Nutrição Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS) instacron:PUC_CAMP Revista de Nutrição, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 23-31 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1415-5273 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/1678-98652016000100003 |
| Popis: | Objective: To compare the quality of life between patients with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis and controls, and between diabetic and non-diabetic patients, correlating clinical, sociodemographic, and nutritional factors with their quality of life scores. Methods: Forty-three outpatients of the pancreas and biliary tract clinic diagnosed with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis were assessed. Quality of life was measured by the Brazilian version of the Short Form-36. The control group consisted of 43 healthy companions. Nutritional status was classified according to body mass index and triceps, biceps, suprailiac, and subscapular skinfold thicknesses, using the appropriate methods. The percentage of body fat was given by adding the four skinfold thicknesses and by bioelectrical impedance analysis. The statistical tests included the Chi-square, Mann-Whitney, and Spearman's correlation tests, with the significance level set at p |
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