TY - JOUR T1 - A Finnish Version of RAND-36-Item Health Survey <em>Versus</em> Structured Interview 8 Years Postoperatively JF - In Vivo JO - In Vivo SP - 907 LP - 911 DO - 10.21873/invivo.12330 VL - 35 IS - 2 AU - IINA SAIMANEN AU - VIIVI KUOSMANEN AU - JUKKA HARJU AU - TUOMAS SELANDER AU - SAMULI ASPINEN AU - MATTI ESKELINEN Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/35/2/907.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: The aim was to assess the 8-year health status after minicholecystectomy (MC) versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for gallstone disease (GS) by using the RAND-36 Health Survey. Patients and Methods: Initially, 88 patients with symptomatic GS disease were randomized to undergo either MC (n=44) or LC (n=44). RAND-36 survey was performed 8 years postoperatively. Results: In three RAND-36 domains (social functioning, role physical, role emotional) MC procedure was significantly better than LC. In MC patients, the 8-year postoperative scores of social functioning (p&lt;0.001), role physical (p=0.002) and role emotional (p&lt;0.001) were significantly higher than the age- and gender –adjusted Finnish reference scores. Conclusion: The Finnish version of the RAND-36 survey can be used as a valid and reliable method for measuring the quality of life and long-term outcome of cholecystectomy patients following surgery. ER -