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Disease activity, quality of life, and indirect costs of ulcerative colitis in Poland
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Disease activity, quality of life, and indirect costs of ulcerative colitis in Poland
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| title: | Disease activity, quality of life, and indirect costs of ulcerative colitis in Poland |
| author: | Kawalec Paweł  , Stawowczyk Ewa, Mossakowska Małgorzata, Pilc Andrzej
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| journal title: | Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny |
| volume: | 12 |
| issue: | 1 |
| date of publication : | 2017 |
| pages: | 60-65 |
| ISSN: |
1895-5770 |
| eISSN: |
1897-4317 |
| DOI: | |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in English: | Introduction: Ulcerative colitis (UC) require expensive, lifelong treatment, which generates huge direct costs and has a significant impact on the quality of life, especially in the active state of the disease. Aim: To assess the indirect costs, health-related quality of life, and clinical characteristics of patients with UC in Poland. Additionally, we investigated the association between activity of UC and productivity loss of patients in a Polish setting. Material and methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted using the Patient Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (P-SCCAI) to assess disease activity, as well as the modified Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire to assess productivity loss. The quality of life was presented as utility calculated with the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire. Indirect costs were assessed with the Human Capital Approach and were expressed in Polish zlotys (PLN) as well as in euros (€). Correlations were presented using the Spearman coefficient. Results: We performed our analysis based on 202 full questionnaires collected. Mean patient age and age at disease onset were 33.14 years (standard deviation (SD): 9.90) and 26.35 years (SD: 8.89), respectively. The mean P-SCCAI score in the analysed group of patients was 8.26, and the mean utility was 0.8651. Average and median annual indirect costs per working person were €2043 and €1389 (8543 PLN and 5808 PLN), respectively, calculated using the gross domestic product, as well as €4791 and €3257 (20,026 PLN and 13,615 PLN), respectively, calculated using the gross value added. Total productivity loss was significantly correlated with the disease activity. Conclusions: Ulcerative colitis causes a decrease in the quality of life as well as patients’ productivity loss associated with both absenteeism and with presenteeism. |
| keywords in English: | ulcerative colitis, quality of life, indirect costs, productivity loss |
| departmental parameterization: | 15 |
| affiliation: | Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu : Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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