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1Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
3Department of Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Pusan University College of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea
4Department of Surgery, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
5Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Variable | Value |
---|---|
Male sex | 107 (73.3) |
Age (yr) | 62 (28−78) |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.5 (17.5−30) |
Distance from anal verge (cm) | 8 (1−15) |
Stoma | 69 (47.3) |
Time using the anus (mo) | 17 (0.5−127) |
Without stoma | 22 (0.5−127) |
After stoma takedown | 15 (0.5−88) |
Medication for LARS | 51 (34.9) |
Time between first and second tests (day) | 14 (11−26) |
Variable | No QoL | Minor QoL | Some/major QoL |
---|---|---|---|
No LARS (0−20) | 12 (8.2) | 25 (17.1) | 9 (6.1) |
Minor LARS (21−29) | 0 (0) | 16 (11.0) | 20 (13.7) |
Major LARS (30−42) | 1 (0.7) | 10 (6.8) | 53 (36.3) |
LARS score as a continuous variable | 5 (0−16)a | 21 (13−29)b | 33 (27−39)c |
Variable | Perfect fit | Moderate fit | No fit | ICC (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|---|
LARS category | 88.3 | 10.9 | 0.7 | - |
Item 1 | 87.6 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 0.932 (0.906−0.951) |
Item 2 | 85.6 | 11.0 | 3.4 | 0.909 (0.874−0.935) |
Item 3 | 86.3 | 13.1 | 0.7 | 0.944 (0.923−0.960) |
Item 4 | 91.1 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 0.931 (0.904−0.950) |
Item 5 | 85.6 | 13.7 | 0.7 | 0.942 (0.920−0.958) |
Values are represented as number (%) or median (range). LARS, low anterior resection syndrome.
cValues are represented as number (%) or median (interquartile range). LARS, low anterior resection syndrome; QoL, quality of life. Perfect fit 55.5%, moderate fit 37.6%, no fit 6.8%. P-values: a vs. b, 0.006; a vs. c, <0.001; and b vs. c, <0.001.
LARS, low anterior resection syndrome; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; CI, confidence interval.