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      CALIDAD DE VIDA RELACIONADA CON SALUD: INSTRUMENTOS DE MEDICIÓN PARA VALORACIÓN DE RESULTADOS EN CIRUGÍA DIGESTIVA ALTA Translated title: Health-related quality of life: Measurement tools to assessing upper gastrointestinal surgery outcomes

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          Antecedentes: Desde hace un tiempo a esta parte, los clínicos y últimamente los cirujanos han reconocido la conveniencia de medir la calidad de vida relacionada con salud (CVRS) para informar a sus pacientes y a las autoridades sanitarias respecto de la toma de decisiones en salud y como variable a considerar en investigación clínica. Para ello, existen múltiples cuestionarios (incluso auto-administrados) que se encuentran disponibles para medir este constructo. En el ámbito de la cirugía digestiva alta, existen instrumentos que se han generado y validado con este propósito (algunos generales y otros de carácter específico). El objetivo de este artículo es describir instrumentos de medición específicos para valorar CVRS en cirugía digestiva alta. Material y Método: Se realizó una búsqueda en los motores Google y Yahoo; en los metabuscadores Ixquick y Copérnico; y en la base de datos "Documents in Information Science" (DoIS). En la estrategia de búsqueda, se utilizaron los términos "calidad de vida", "calidad de vida relacionada con salud", "CVRS", "cirugía digestiva alta" y "cirugía gastrointestinal". Una vez localizados los resúmenes de los artículos localizados, se evaluaron los documentos en extenso y se desarrolló un documento resumen de la información recolectada. Resultados: La búsqueda realizada arrojó un total de 23 instrumentos; algunos relacionados con enfermedades benignas del tubo digestivo alto (10), otros relacionados con obesidad y cirugía bariátrica (4); y otros concernientes a cáncer del tubo digestivo alto (9). Conclusión: Existe una variedad interesante de instrumentos para medir CVRS en cirugía digestiva alta. Conocerlos constituye una ayuda al usuario tanto para el desarrollo de su práctica quirúrgica cotidiana, la toma de decisiones en salud y como instrumentos de medición en investigación clínica.

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          Background: Since a while, clinicians and surgeons recently have recognized the desirability of Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measure to inform their patients, even health authorities in respect of decision making in health and as a variable to be considered in clinical research. For this, there are multiple questionnaires (including self-administered) that are available for measuring this construct. In the field of upper gastrointestinal surgery, there are tools that have been generated and validated for this purpose (some of them generals and other specifics). The aim of this article is to describe specific measurement instruments to assess HRQOL in upper gastrointestinal surgery. Material and Methods: A search on engines Altavista, Google and Yahoo, in Ixquick and Copérnico metasearch and in the database "Documents in Information Science" (DoIS) was performed. The search strategy used the terms "Quality of Life", "Health-related quality of life", "HRQOL", "Outcome Assessment (Health Care)", "upper gastrointestinal surgery" and "digestive surgery". After locating articles, these were evaluated and a summary document of collected information was developed. Results: The search performed gave 23 instruments: related with upper gastrointestinal benign disease (10), with obesity and bariatric surgery (4), and related with digestive neoplasms (9). Conclusion: There is an interesting variety of instruments to measure HRQOL in upper gastrointestinal surgery. Knowing is a user support to both the development of everyday surgical practice, as for decision-making in health and as measurement instruments in clinical research.

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                Journal
                rchcir
                Revista chilena de cirugía
                Rev Chil Cir
                Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile (Santiago, , Chile )
                0718-4026
                June 2014
                : 66
                : 3
                : 274-282
                Affiliations
                [02] orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Chile orgdiv1Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas Chile
                [04] orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Chile orgdiv1Escuela de Psicología Chile
                [01] orgnameUniversidad de La Frontera orgdiv1Departamento de Cirugía Chile carlos.manterola@ 123456ufrontera.cl
                [03] orgnameUniversidad de La Frontera orgdiv1Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Médicas Chile
                Article
                S0718-40262014000300016 S0718-4026(14)06600300016
                10.4067/s0718-40262014000300016
                0dff71b1-04ad-4315-8ba4-3b85ecab5959

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 04 November 2013
                : 25 November 2013
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                cirugía digestiva alta,Mesh,Digestive System Surgical Procedures,Calidad de vida,Evidence-Based Medicine,cirugía gastrointestinal,medicina basada en evidencias,calidad de vida relacionada con salud,Outcome Assessment (Health Care),Quality of Life

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