Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life Instrument (IBS-QOL)
A condition-specific measure for assessing health-related QoL among persons with irritable bowel syndrome. The Mapi Research Trust is the sole distributor of this instrument. To request the IBS-QOL, place an order in Mapi's eProvide system>.
Authors
Donald L. Patrick
Copyright
University of Washington
Validation Reference(s):
1. Patrick DL, Drossman DA, Frederick IO, DiCesare J, Puder KL. (1998). Quality of life in persons with irritable bowel syndrome: development and validation of a new measure. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 43(2), 400-411.2. Drossman DA, Patrick DL, Whitehead WE, Toner BB, Diamant NE, Hu Y, Jia H, Bangdiwala SI. (2000). Further validation of the IBS-QOL: a disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaire. American Journal of Gatroenterology, 95(4), 999-1007.
3. Bushnell DM, Reilly MC, Galani C, Martin, ML, Ricci, JF, Patrick DL, McBurney CR. (2006). Validation of electronic data capture of the irritable bowel syndrome --Quality of life measure, the work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire for irritable bowel syndrome and the EuroQol. Value in health: The Journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 9(2), 98-105.