ASSESSMENT OF QUALİTY OF LİFE İN PATİENTS WİTH ANORECTAL MALFORMATİONS

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background: Our main purpose in this study is to examine the effects of patients on their quality of life (QOL) according to ARM types, and to compare them to patients with stool incontinence in the healthy population. Material and Method: The research group was selected from 116 patients who were operated for ARM between 2004-2018 and fulfilled the inclusion criteria, in S.B.Ü. İzmir Dr. Behçet Uz Pediatric Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital. The control group was composed of 12 participants among 348 children between the ages 5-15 who were operated for phimosis in 2018 -2019. Fecal Incontinence Related Life Quality Questionnaire (QQVCFCA) scales were applied to both groups. SPSS 22.0 program was used Results: The research group was completed with 75 participants and the control group with 12 participants. The QQVCFCA score of the low-type ARM was significantly higher than the participants with the high-type ARM (p