Positive health: An integrated quantitative approach in patients with chronic gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreatico-biliary disorders

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2024; 30(28): 3418-3427
Published online Jul 28, 2024. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i28.3418

Positive health: An integrated quantitative approach in patients with chronic gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreatico-biliary disorders

Anja H W M Lemlijn-Slenter, Karolina A P Wijnands, Gijs van der Hamsvoort, Luuk P van Iperen, Nico Wolter, Angelique E de Rijk, Ad A M Masclee

Anja H W M Lemlijn-Slenter, Karolina A P Wijnands, Luuk P van Iperen, Angelique E de Rijk, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life sciences, Care and Public Health Research Institute Maastricht University, Maastricht 6200 MD, Limburg, Netherlands

Anja H W M Lemlijn-Slenter, Nico Wolter, Ad A M Masclee, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht 6200 MD, Limburg, Netherlands

Anja H W M Lemlijn-Slenter, Karolina A P Wijnands, Gijs van der Hamsvoort, Social Medical Affairs, Employee Insurance Agency (UWV), Heerlen 6400 AC, Limburg, Netherlands

Anja H W M Lemlijn-Slenter, Karolina A P Wijnands, Angelique E de Rijk, Department of Research, Academic Knowledge Center Work and Health South-East Netherlands (AKAG-ZON), Heerlen 6400 AC, Limburg, Netherlands

Author contributions: Masclee AAM, de Rijk AE, Wijnands KAP and Wolter N designed the research study; Lemlijn-Slenter AHWM and Wolter N collected data; data analyses were performed by van der Hamsvoort G, van Iperen LP and Lemlijn-Slenter AHWM; Lemlijn-Slenter AHWM, de Rijk AE and Masclee AAM wrote the manuscript; All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Medical Ethics Committee in a written statement specifying that the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (WMO) did not apply to this study (METC 2019-1324, Maastricht UMC +, Maastricht).

Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrolment.

Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.

Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.

STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.

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Corresponding author: Anja HWM Lemlijn-Slenter, MD, Insurance Physician, Researcher, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life sciences, Care and Public Health Research Institute Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht 6200 MD, Limburg, Netherlands. a.lemlijn@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Received: March 1, 2024
Revised: June 5, 2024
Accepted: June 24, 2024
Published online: July 28, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Patients with chronic gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreatico-biliary (GI-HPB) disorders experience complaints in every dimension of positive health (PH). We described and quantified these complaints and compared the outcomes with norm scores and other chronic diseases. We found that GI-HPB patients scored significantly worse in all dimensions of PH compared to control data or norm scores from the general population. Regarding quality of life, participation and daily functioning, GI-HPB patients scored in the same range as patients with chronic disorders in other organ systems, but depressive symptoms (in 35%) and malnutrition (in 45%) were more frequent in patients with chronic GI-HPB disorders.