Long-Term Followup of Patients with Active J-Reservoirs after Restorative Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis with regard to Reservoir Function, Mucosal Changes, and Quality of Life

Table 2

Elements of quality of life at followup in 103 patients with functional J-reservoirs.

	𝑛 (%)
Average stool frequency in daytime (median (range))
Best time periods	4 (1–10)
Average time periods	6 (2–13)
Worst time periods	10 (4–30)
Average stool frequency at night (median (range))
Best time periods	0 (0–3)
Average time periods	1 (0–6)
Worst time periods	3 (0–12)
Patients at work: 100% work/reduced work	68 (66.7%)/13 (12.8%)
Faecal control always/almost always	38 (37.3%)/45 (44.1%)
Faecal incontinence often/sometimes	6 (5.9%)/13 (12.7%)
Treated for pouchites	25 (25%)
Dietary restrictions	76 (75.2%)
Sexual life better/worse (restriction)	13 (12.7%)/17 (16.7%)
Social activity better/worse (restriction)	16 (16.6%)/28 (28.9%)
Physical activity better/worse (restriction)	21 (30.0%)/19 (27.5%)
Regretted reservoir often/sometimes	3 (3.0%)/10 (9.9%)
Life compared to ileostomy: much better/a little better	68 (70.8%)/15 (15.6%)
Life compared to ileostomy: a little worse/much worse	7 (7.3%)/2 (2.1%)