| Methods |
Cohort
Retrospective
Cross‐sectional. |
| Participants |
40 patients (22 men, 18 women), 14 APE, 26 AR.
Consecutive sample operated on for rectal cancer 1998‐1999.
Inclusion criteria: operated primarily with curative intent, free of recurrence when QoL was assessed not less than 1 year after primary operation or closure of temporary stoma.
Denmark. |
| Interventions |
Quality of life assessment with SF‐36 and FIQL. |
| Outcomes |
Quality of life. |
| Notes |
Evidence level: 2B.
Level of anastomosis in AR group. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
Retrospective, cross‐sectional cohort study. A group of patients were selected from a consecutive sample of patients operated for rectal cancer. |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
Anterior resection or abdominoperineal resection |
High risk |
Blinding not possible due to surgical therapy. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
Quality of life |
Low risk |
All included patients completed the study. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
All QoL data reported. |
