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Table 2 Health-related quality of life assessment (IBDQ).  Patient-reported outcome score in the NF and CF models, n = 303a

From: Health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: a comparison of patients receiving nurse-led versus conventional follow-up care

Follow-up model

Nurse-led

Median

Conventional

Median

P-value

Total IBDQ

(n = 139/164)

184.0

171.0

< .001

Bowel function I

(n = 139/164)

44.0

41.0

0.02

Bowel function II

(n = 139/164)

26.0

25.0

0.02

Emotional function I

(n = 139/164)

56.0

53.0

< 0.01

Emotional function II

(n = 139/164)

31.0

30.0

0.03

Social function

(n = 139/164)

26.0

24.0

< .001

  1. aThere was one patient missing in the NF group because of an incomplete version of the IBDQ
  2. A Mann-Whitney U test was performed to compare NF versus CF