Use of the Short Form-36 to detect the influence of upper XXXX on self-reported health status.

@entity1 @entity8848 @entity344 @entity354
@entity1 -centred outcome measures such as the Short Form-36 (SF-36) have been developed to assess the impact of ill health and medical interventions on self-reported health status. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of @entity344 upon health status as measured by the SF-36 physical and mental health component scores (PCS and @entity8848 ) and to assess whether these component scores might be an appropriate outcome measure for use in clinical research in gastroenterology. The subjects were 364 @entity1 aged between 18 and 64 years who had been prescribed proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) by general practitioners in Oxfordshire. The general practices participating identified @entity1 who had been prescribed PPIs. The data were abstracted from the general practice medical records of these @entity1 concerning gastrointestinal diagnoses and other prescribed medications. The @entity1 were sent the SF-36 questionnaire by post and the PCS and @entity8848 scores were derived, which were adjusted for age and sex and compared with the scores of the general population of the Oxford region. Co-morbidity was assessed by the extent to which non-gastric medications were also used. The commonest diagnoses were @entity354 / @entity354 and indigestion. @entity1 with these diagnoses had significantly lower health status than the general population. Differences persisted when the results were controlled for the possible effects of co-morbidity. It was concluded that the SF-36 is sensitive to the impact of @entity344 on health status.
