Author(s)

Fahad A. Alowais¹, Yazeed A. Alferayan², Rayed M. Aljehani¹

¹College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
²King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Background: Health Related Quality of life (HRQOL) assessment is an important outcome to measure Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of IBD in patients’ quality of life in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh. Methods: This is a cohort study of 32 patients with IBD who were given the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) in the outpatient clinic at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh during the study period of three months in 2014. Results: In a comparison between patients who have Ulcerative Colitis (UC) in contrast to Crohn’s Disease (CD), we found that the mean score for the IBDQ were 170.94 and 149.69 respectively. The worst score was 65 in CD and the highest was 224 in UC. Comparing the subdivisions of the IBDQ it was found that the bowel and systemic domains were affected mostly by the disease. Conclusion: Inflammatory bowel disease has a major impact on HRQOL of patients in different aspects. CD group has worse HRQOL than UC group. The total score was impacted mostly by the systemic and bowel domains in the IBDQ. Saudi patients were more affected by the disease compared to other countries.

HRQOL, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, IBDQ, Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis

Alowais, F. , Alferayan, Y. and Aljehani, R. (2016) Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Quality of Life in King Abdulaziz Medical City. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 6, 11-16. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2016.61003.