| Methods |
Cohort
Retrospective
Cross‐sectional. |
| Participants |
60 patients ( 37 men, 23 women) 32 APE, 28 AR.
Cohort of patients treated in two university hospitals between 1980‐1990.
Inclusioncriteria: Tumour less than 12 cm from anal verge, time since surgery more than 1 year, free of recurrence.
Montréal, Canada. |
| Interventions |
Quality of life assessment with QLI‐CP |
| Outcomes |
Quality of life |
| Notes |
Evidence level: 2B.
Not stated: Level of anastomosis in AR group, tumour distance from anal verge, pouch in AR group, Dukes grade, TNM stage, adjuvant treatment. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
Retrospective, cross‐sectional cohort study. Rectal cancer patients who had undergone surgery and meet predefined inclusion criteria were invited to participate. |
| 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. |
