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Evaluations of quality of life in Japanese patints with Crohn's disease were reviewed. Questionnaires used for surveying QOL were the SF-36 and IBDQ, modified for Japanese. According to the results from SF-36, scores for patients with Crohn's disease were significantly lower than the Japanese standard scores in every sub-scale, except physical functioning. According to IBDQ, QOL scores for patients with anal lesions or who were treated with home enteral nutrition decreased. In the longitudinal study, the scores for patients who had good responses to medical treatment and/or surgical intervention improved in relation to disease activity. However, subjective assessment did not change. |