Development and validation of a diverticular clinical score for symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease after acute diverticulitis in a prospective patient cohort

Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
Adi LahatShomron Ben-Horin

Abstract

Following an attack of acute diverticulitis (AD), many patients continue to suffer from a complex of symptoms, titled 'symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD)'. To date, there is no validated clinical score for standardized assessment of patients with SUDD, thereby hampering the interpretation of observational studies and the conductance of clinical trials.We aimed to develop a validated SUDD clinical score. Data from previous prospective study of patients after AD was used to devise the score's first version. Validation was first performed using a focus group of patients after AD SUDD who underwent a structured cognitive personal interview. Thereafter, the diverticular clinical score (DICS) was applied for a second validation cohort. DICS scores of validation cohort were compared with physicians' global assessment for disease severity and inflammatory markers. In DICS second validation using 48 patients prospectively recruited after AD SUDD, a correlation matrix demonstrated strong correlation between total questionnaire's score and the presence of elevated inflammatory markers (ρ = 0.84). Mean score in patients with elevated inflammatory markers compared with those without inflammation was 17.8 versus 6.2, respe...Continue Reading

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