Patient Quality of Life Questionnaire (baseline) PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ON THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. ALL ANSWERS WILL BE RECORDED BY THE
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Section E: Resource use questionnaire
This section is about the health care you have received – apart from any services at the hospital where you were recruited. All questions refer to the three months before completing this questionnaire. We would like to know about contacts you have had with health professionals in the last three months for any reason - not just with regard to your bowel condition. 1. In the last 3 months, have you been seen for any reason by any of the following at your GP surgery?
Your own or another GP Nurse Any other health professional (e.g. dietician, physiotherapist, health visitor)
Please enter the number of times for…
Other (please specify) ____________________
2. In the last 3 months, have you been seen for any reason by any of the following at home? Your own or another GP Nurse Any other health professional (e.g. dietician, physiotherapist, health visitor) Other (please specify) ____________________ 3. In the last 3 months, have you discussed your health over the telephone with any Swansea University School of Medicine
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health professional (apart from to make or change appointments).
4. In the last 3 months, have you visited an accident and emergency department other than at the hospital where you were recruited to the study?
n the last 3 months, have you been admitted as an in-patient (i.e. stayed overnight in
hospital) for any reason at a hospital other than at the hospital whereyou were recruited to the study?
Please enter the number of nights you spent in hospital 6If you are in work, did you take any time off work either due to illness or in order to see any health professional, for any reason, in the last 3 months?
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Section F: Drugs use questionnaire
Have you taken any of the following prescribed drugs in the last 3 months? Drugs for colitis (prescribed in the last 3 months) Name of Drug Strength Number Frequency Tick if taken
*For PRN drugs, record instead the averagenumber taken per day and averagefrequency
**For oral prednisolone with reducing dose, please record details
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Suppositories for colitis (prescribed in the last 3 months) Strength No Suppositories If not continuous, for how many days Enemas for colitis (prescribed in the last 3 months) Swansea University School of Medicine
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Medication for general GI disorders (prescribed in the last 3 months) Name of Drug Strength Frequency
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not been listed here (excluding paracetamol, aspirin and ibuprofen)? If so, please tell us the:
strength
number of tablets you take per dose and dose frequency (e.g. two tablets four times a day, etc)
If the medication is not taken continuously over the last three months, please tell us whether it is taken “as required” or whether it was a short course. Please also indicate the average number taken per day and the average frequency (No days per week) for drugs taken “as required” or the number of days it was taken for if a short course.
Thank you for completing this questionnaire. If you are diagnosed with acute severe ulcerative colitis, you may be eligible for the CONSTRUCT drugs treatment trial. If you consent to participate into the trial, you may be asked to take part in a telephone interview with a researcher. Please indicate below if you are happy to be asked about taking part in a telephone interview, should you take part in the drugs trial.
Yes, I am happy to be asked about taking part in a telephone interview
No, I am not happy to be asked about taking part in a telephone interview
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