Pilipenko V I, Isakov V A
Eksp Klin Gastroenterol. 2008(6):4-8.
To examine the power of correlation between IBS-QOL Questionnare and BEST index in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
The IBS-QOL and BEST index were administered to 71 patients with IBS twice: before and after treatment. Statistical analysis to test the correlation between IBS-QOL and BEST index was performed using Spearman's rho coefficient.
The study cohort included 71 patients with Rome-III IBS evaluated at the State Research Institute of Nutrition of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (mean age 41,4; mean IBS-QOL = 65,6; 76% women). The mean completion + scoring time for BEST was under 3 minutes vs 25 minutes for IBS-QOL. There was a striking correlation (r = - 0,8) between BEST and IBS-QOL results.
BEST is a concise, rapidly completed, point-of-care IBS severity index that demonstrates large correlation with well-validated instrument for assessing QOL (IBS-QOL) in IBS patients.
研究肠易激综合征患者中IBS-QOL问卷与BEST指数之间的相关性。
对71例肠易激综合征患者在治疗前后分别进行IBS-QOL和BEST指数评估。采用Spearman等级相关系数对IBS-QOL与BEST指数之间的相关性进行统计学分析。
研究队列包括71例在俄罗斯医学科学院国家营养研究所评估的符合罗马III标准的肠易激综合征患者（平均年龄41.4岁；平均IBS-QOL=65.6；76%为女性）。BEST的平均完成及评分时间不到3分钟，而IBS-QOL为25分钟。BEST与IBS-QOL结果之间存在显著相关性（r=-0.8）。
BEST是一个简洁、快速完成的即时护理肠易激综合征严重程度指数，与评估肠易激综合征患者生活质量的有效工具（IBS-QOL）具有高度相关性。
