External Validation of the SF-36 Quality-of-Life Questionnaire in Italian and Brazilian Populations to Select Patients With Colorectal Endometriosis for Surgery

Enora Laas, Laas E, Zacharopoulou C, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Giulia Montanari, Montanari G, Renato Seracchioli, Maurício Simões Abrão, Mauricio S Abrão, Abrão MS, Marco Bassi, Bassi MA, Marco A Bassi, Marcos Ballester, Ballester M, Daraï E, Émile Daraï, Emile Daraï
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology · 2014 · vol. 22(3) , pp. 378–383 · doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2014.06.005 · PMID:24933404 · W2145883190
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This study externally validated the SF-36 questionnaire to assess quality of life in Italian and Brazilian patients with colorectal endometriosis to aid surgical patient selection.

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Study objectiveTo evaluate the external validity of the validated French model of the quality-of-life questionnaire (QOL) SF-36 in predicting improvement after colorectal resection for endometriosis.DesignItalian and Brazilian cohort studies (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).SettingTertiary referral university hospital in Brazil and expert center in endometriosis in Italy.PatientsPatients with colorectal endometriosis from an Italian population (n = 63) and a Brazilian population (n = 151).InterventionLaparoscopic colorectal resection for treatment of endometriosis.Measurements and main resultsPreoperative and postoperative evaluations of the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and the Mental Component Summary (MCS) of the SF-36 were performed. Substantial improvement in PCS and MCS was observed after colorectal resection in both populations. In the Brazilian population, the receiver operating curve (ROC) (area under the curve [AUC]) was 0.83 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.77-0.89) for MCS and 0.78 (95% CI, 0.71-0.83) for PCS, demonstrating good discrimination performance. The mean difference between the predicted and calibrated probabilities was 19.6% for MCS and 32.8% for PCS. In the Italian population, the ROC curve (AUC) was 0.65 (95% CI, 0.52-0.78) for PCS and 0.67 (95% CI, 0.55-0.78) for MCS. The model demonstrated poor discrimination and calibration performance for PCS (p < .001) and MCS (p = .003). The mean difference between the predicted and calibrated probabilities was 17.5% for MCS and 21.8% for PCS.ConclusionDespite the use of validated translations of the SF-36, our results underline the limits of this tool in selection of patients for colorectal resection due to underestimation of predicted quality of life, possibly because of variations in epidemiologic characteristics of the populations.

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Colon Colonic Diseases Endometriosis Quality of Life Quality of Life Rectal Diseases Rectum Surveys and Questionnaires Surveys and Questionnaires Adult Brazil Brazil Cohort Studies Colectomy Colon Colon Colonic Diseases Colonic Diseases Colonic Diseases Endometriosis

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