title: [Quality of life and vegetative status of patients with ulcer disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse features of vegetative status of patients with ulcer disease (UD) with reference to quality of life (QL), course of UD, clinical and secretory-motor characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 200 UD patients were examined. UD was at the stage of exacerbation, new-onset, with a favourable or unfavourable course. The vegetative status was studied by parameters of Kerdo index, variation pulsometry, vegetative crises, insomnia. Quality of life (QL) was assessed by a medicosocial questionnaire. The patients were divided into two groups: with satisfactory and unsatisfactory QL. 120 patients had 24-h pH-metry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among patients with normal QL normotonics and vagotonics prevailed. Low QL was seen in sympathicotonics. Sleep disorders and vegetative crises were in patients with vegetative imbalance, especially in combination with unsatisfactory QL. The worst QL was associated with sympathicotony. Vegetative balance was observed in a favourable UD course, moderate in time duodenogastric reflux (DGR). Sympathicotony runs with marked DGR, vasotony--minimal DGR, scare symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vegetative dysfunction in UD is due to permanent or paroxysmal vegetative disorders. Sympathicotony is accompanied with dyskinetic pain syndrome and longer duodenogastric reflux which is tolerated bad. Vegetative dystonia is more often in unfavorable course of UD.
authors.forename: I Iu
authors.initials: IIu
authors.lastname: Kolesnikov
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Beliaeva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires