Background: Quality of life (QoL) is the most critical issue for chronic illnesses patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). The aim
of this study was to evaluate the effect of a nursing educational booklet on the severity of disease and quality of life for
patients with ulcerative colitis in El Rajhi liver Hospital at Assiut University.
Methods: Research design; a quiz experimental research design was utilized to carry out this study. Setting: The study was
conducted in Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology department and outpatient clinic at El Rajhi liver Hospital at Assiut
University. Patients: Random sample of adult patients (60), male and female, their age ranging from 18 – 65 years old. The
sample was categorized into two equal groups, 30 patients for study group who have received a nursing educational booklet in
addition to the routine care and 30 patients for a control group who were received a routine hospital care.
Tools: Tool I: An Interview Questionnaire Sheet which included three parts (patient assessment, Short Quality of Life
Questionnaire scale for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and partial Mayo scoring index assessment scale for ulcerative colitis
activity) and tool II: A nursing educational booklet.
Results: There was a great increase in the mean score of the Quality of Life Questionnaire in the study group (47.6±2.43) than
those patients in the control group (27.87±5.78) with a statistically significant difference (<0.001**). One quarter of patients in
the study group were complaining from severe disease stage compared to half of the patients in the control group, and there
was a negative correlation between Quality of Life Questionnaire scores and the severity of disease between study and control
groups of patients which means as the severity of the disease decreased the quality of patients’ life score increased.
Conclusion: This study proved that; Patient education is a valuable means for decreasing ulcerative colitis severity which
affect positively on the patients’ quality of life.
Recommendations: Education for chronic diseases should be a part hospital policy, Distribution of the educational booklet for
all ulcerative colitis patients, and ffurther studies on larger sample from different geographical areas in Egypt to generalize the
results.