Table 4.
Pre-operative and post-operative quality of life scores with focus on elderly patient demographics
| Authors | Total number of patients (number of patients followed up) | Mean age in years | Length of follow-up (months) | Mortality | Questionnaire used | Pre-operative score | Post-operative score | Improvement in QoL (P) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louie et al., 2011 | 58 (55) | 78§ | 15 | Nil | QOLRAD GERD-HRQL |
5* 14.7† |
6* 7.6† |
P<0.001* P=0.01† |
|
| Merzilikin et al., 2017 | 137 (59) | 74 | 60 | 2 | QOLRAD GERD-HRQL |
4* 11† |
6.5* 5† |
P=0.0005* P=0.03† |
|
| Hazebroek et al., 2008 (Diseases of Oesophagus) | 35 (30) | 76.6 | 43 | Nil | QOLRAD | 3.98 | 6.04 | P<0.001¦ | |
| Jalilvand et al., 2019 (years) | <80 | 162 | 62.8 | 1 | n/a | GERD-HRQL GERSS |
20‡ 113† |
0‡ 3† |
No significant difference between groups (P=0.84 and 0.48‡; P=0.58 and 0.54†) |
| >80s | 23 | 85.3 | 22‡ 119† |
0‡ 3† |
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| Parker et al., 2015 (years) | <69 | 267 | 58 | 15.8 | n/a | QOLRAD | 4.2 | 7 | P<0.001 (across all) no significant difference in QoL improvement between groups |
| 70-79 | 75 | 11.3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| >80 | 83 | 11.3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
*QOLRAD, †GERD-HRQL, ‡GERSS, §median, ¦ at all post-operative time periods. GERSS: Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Symptom Scale, GERD-HRQL: Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease-Health-Related Quality of Life, QOLRAD: Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia, QOL: Quality of life, n/a: Not available