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 3
Influence of faecal frequency on SF-36 subscores during best, average, and worst day and night periods. The SF-36 subscores for patients with low, medium, and high fecal frequencies during these periods are compared.
Time
Quality of days
Category of number of defecations
PF
RP
BP
GH
VT
SF
RE
MH
Best time periods ()
Low: 1–3 () Medium: 4 () High: 5–10 ()
ns
0.009
ns
0.000
ns
ns
ns
ns
Day
Average periods ()
Low: 2–4 () Medium: 5–6 () High: 7–13 ()
0.004
0.006
0.013
0.002
0.009
ns
ns
ns
Worst periods ()
Low: 4–7 () Medium: 8–10 () High: 11–30 ()
0.019
0.009
0.005
0.006
0.004
0.009
0.033
ns
Best time periods ()
Low: 0 () High: 1–3 ()
0.024
0.038
ns
0.037
0.006
ns
ns
ns
Night
Average periods ()
Low: 0 () Medium: 1 () High: 2–6 ()
ns
0.037
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
Worst periods ()
Low: 0–2 () Medium: 3–4 () High: 5–12 ()
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
0.010
ns
ns
PF = physical function sum score; RP = role limitations/physical sum score; BP = bodily pain sum score; GH = general health sum score; VT = vitality sum score; SF = social function sum score; RE = role limitation/emotional problems; MH = mental health sum score. Significant differences as tested by one-way ANOVA are shown.
