Post-Op Quality of Life After Colorectal Surgery

Completed

Conditions studied: Colorectal Neoplasms, Colitis, Ulcerative, Diverticulitis, Colonic Polyps, Crohn Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to produce a user-friendly tool- in the form of a questionnaire - to accurately assess early quality of life in patients after abdominal colorectal surgery from the first day after surgery to 6 months after. The study will also compare this questionnaire to the other currently available assessment tools. Patients are invited to participate if they are undergoing abdominal colorectal surgery at University Hospitals of Cleveland.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT00468455
Run by: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
People needed: 100
Starts: 2005-10-01
Expected to finish: 2008-05-01
Last updated by the study team: 2014-12-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Subjects who are 18 years of age and older
Subjects of either sex
Subjects who will undergo any colorectal abdominal surgery at University Hospitals of Cleveland
Subjects who agree to participate in the study program and provide written informed consent
Diagnoses of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rectal or colon cancer, colon or rectal polyps and diverticulitis

You may not qualify if…

Patients in the middle of three part surgery or had recent surgery (i.e., back for stoma closure for J-pouch)
Patients with diagnosis of rectal prolapse, condyloma or any other condition that cannot be performed abdominally with an open or laparoscopic procedure
Patient who have undergone major surgery within the month prior to this colorectal surgery
Pregnant women, minors, psychiatric patients and prisoners

Where it is running

University Hospitals of Cleveland — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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