Abstract:
Health-related quality of life can be adversely affected by irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The aims of this study were to examine the health-related quality of life in a...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Health-related quality of life can be adversely affected by irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The aims of this study were to examine the health-related quality of life in a cohort of individuals with IBS and to determine which socio-demographic and IBS symptoms are independently associated with reduced health-related quality of life. Several data-mining models to determine which factors are associated with impaired health-related quality of life are considered in this study and include logistic regression, a classification tree and artificial neural networks. As well as severity of IBS symptoms, results indicate that psychological morbidity and socio-demographic factors such as marital status and employment status also have a major role to play.
Published in: Proceedings of the ITI 2009 31st International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces
Date of Conference: 22-25 June 2009
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 07 August 2009
Print ISBN:978-953-7138-15-8
Print ISSN: 1330-1012