| Methods |
Cohort
Retrospective
Cross‐sectional. |
| Participants |
117 patients (74 men, 43 women) with histologically confirmed primary rectal adenocarcinoma
located up to 11 cm from the anal verge (mid‐low rectal cancer), alive without recurrence or a
second primary tumour, who had received a radical (R0) resection and who had a minimum follow‐up
of 2 years from the date of surgery were included. 10 stoma‐patients, 107 AR.
Italy. |
| Interventions |
Quality of life assessment with EORTC‐C30/CR38. |
| Outcomes |
Quality of life |
| Notes |
Evidence level: 2B.
Not stated: Tumour grade; Tumour and anastomotic distance from anal verge; pouch. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
High risk |
Retrospective, cross‐sectional cohort study. Rectal cancer patients identified through institutional cancer database and meeting predefined inclusion criteria were invited to participate. Not all eligible patients responded to questionnaire. |
| 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) |
High risk |
Not all data reported in publication. |
