ReQuest™: A New Questionnaire for the Simultaneous Evaluation of Symptoms and Well-Being in Patients with Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux

Vol. 75, Suppl. 1, 2007

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ReQuest: A New Questionnaire for the Simultaneous Evaluation of Symptoms and Well-Being in Patients with Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux
Philippe Ducrotté^a, Frank Zerbib^b

^aDépartement d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie et de Nutrition, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen,
^bService d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpital Saint André, Bordeaux, France

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Digestion 2007;75 (Suppl. 1):79-86 (DOI: 10.1159/000101086)

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ReQuest
Questionnaire
Gastro-oesophageal reflux

Abstract

ReQuest is a self-reported questionnaire developed to assess, during clinical trials investigating GERD with or without oesophagitis, not only heartburn and acid regurgitation, but the broad spectrum of GERD symptoms. ReQuest comprises 2 sub-scales: ReQuest-GI which covers the 4 dimensions related to gastrointestinal symptoms (acid complaints, upper abdominal/stomach complaints, lower abdominal/digestive complaints, and nausea) and ReQuest-WSO which analyses the three other dimensions (general well-being, sleep disturbances, and other complaints). This self-reported questionnaire, which is completed daily, is available in two forms: a short version quantifying the intensity (10-cm VAS) and frequency (7-point Likert scale) of each of the six main dimensions of the scale and the intensity only of the general well-being dimension, and a longer version which includes, in addition to a global evaluation, a detailed analysis of all the symptoms contributing to each dimension. ReQuest is a tool with proven metrological strengths, enabling the investigators to follow - on a daily, multidimensional and reliable basis - the evolution of GERD in the course of clinical trials. Both versions, the long and the short, have identical metrological qualities.

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Philippe Ducrotté
Département d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie et de Nutrition
Hôpital Charles Nicolle
FR-76031 Rouen (France)
E-Mail philippe.ducrotte@chu-rouen.fr

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Published online: May 4, 2007
Number of Print Pages : 8
Number of Figures : 1, Number of Tables : 6, Number of References : 17

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