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Gender and disease activity influence health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel diseases.

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2005

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Simone Saibeni, Ivan Cortinovis, Luigi Beretta, M. Tatarella, Luca Ferraris, Emanuele Rondonotti, A. Corbellini, Aurora Bortoli, Emilio Colombo, C Alvisi,
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Abstract

The IQQoL is a reliable and responsive instrument to assess HRQoL in IBD patients. Active disease is related to poor HRQoL perception. In CD, women, mainly if young, have a worse HRQoL perception than men.