title: [Impact of age and type of behavior on the course of ulcer disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study features of ulcer disease (UD) course with reference to a biological age, type of behavior, quality of life for recommendations on psychological rehabilitation of these patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Examination of 111 gastroduodenal UD patients determined type of behavior, correlation of biological age (BA) and due biological age (DBA), quality of life (QL).
  
  
  RESULTS
  An unfavourable BA/DBA correlation was found in 71.1% cases, in which patients over 45 years of age had a larger ulcer defect size. Behavior type A with shorter scarring was observed in 30.9% patients. Lower QL was explained by sleep disorders, pain, emotional reactions, the demand in continuous treatment, diet, limited physical exercise. UD patients have a low QL index and a high index of the disease severity. These parameters are higher in unfavorable correlations between BA and DBA and in patients with type A behavior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  UD patients have behavioral peculiarities dependent on BA and affecting the disease course and QL.
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Malyshenko
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Beloborodova
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vavilov
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Lomivorotova
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kasperskaia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D018450:Disease Progression; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004384:Duodenoscopy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*