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El Hajj W, Buisson A, Olympie A, Ravel MH, Devos C, Trang-Poisson C, Macaigne G, Nahon S. Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Patients' Caregivers: Results From a French Survey. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2024; 30:538-546. [PMID: 37260357 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izad093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on caregivers has rarely been investigated. Our work aims to explore the burden of IBD on the different aspects of caregivers' lives. METHODS We conducted an online survey via the social network of the French IBD patient organization addressed to patients' caregivers who were asked to fill in a questionnaire covering the impact of the disease on different aspects of their lives. Impacts were measured by a visual analog scale (VAS). A VAS score ≥5 of 10 was considered significantly high. We then performed uni- and multivariate analyses of predictors of higher impact on parents and partners, separately. RESULTS A total of 853 caregivers participated, predominantly women (77%). The mean age was 48.5 years. Their relationship with the patient was mainly parents in 57.1% and partners in 30.6%. The type of IBD was Crohn's disease in 63% and ulcerative colitis in 35%. The psychological burden was the highest among parents and was mainly correlated with a lack of knowledge about IBD and professional compromise (P < .05). The impact on leisure was the highest among partners and was affected by psychological, sexual, and professional burdens (P < .05). About 50% of partners experienced an absent sexual relationship for weeks/months and decreased libido regardless of IBD type. Professional impact was greater in parents compared with partners, and 36% of caregivers needed work arrangements. CONCLUSIONS IBD has a high impact on different aspects of life of patients' caregivers. Therefore, interventions to reduce the disease burden in this population are needed.
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- Weam El Hajj
- Gastroenterology Division, Groupe Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy-Montfermeil, Montfermeil, France
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- Department of Clinical Research, Afa Crohn RCH, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Research, Afa Crohn RCH, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Research, Afa Crohn RCH, Paris, France
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- Gastroenterology Division, Groupe Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy-Montfermeil, Montfermeil, France
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- Gastroenterology Division, Groupe Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy-Montfermeil, Montfermeil, France
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Zhang J, Liu C, An P, Chen M, Wei Y, Li J, Zeng S, Xiang D, Cai Y, Li J, Chen B, Cui L, Qian J, Liu Z, Jiang C, Shi J, Wu K, Dong W. Psychological symptoms and quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in China: A multicenter study. United European Gastroenterol J 2024; 12:374-389. [PMID: 38315582 PMCID: PMC11017770 DOI: 10.1002/ueg2.12532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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AIMS To investigate the current situation of mental psychology and quality of life (QoL) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in China, and analyze the influencing factors. METHODS A unified questionnaire was developed to collect clinical data on IBD patients from 42 hospitals in 22 provinces from September 2021 to May 2022. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis was conducted, and independent influencing factors were screened out to construct nomogram. The consistency index (C-index), receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, area under the ROC curve (AUC), calibration curve, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were used to evaluate the discrimination, accuracy, and clinical utility of the nomogram model. RESULTS A total of 2478 IBD patients were surveyed, including 1371 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 1107 patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Among them, 25.5%, 29.7%, 60.2%, and 37.7% of IBD patients had anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance and poor QoL, respectively. The proportion of anxiety, depression, and poor QoL in UC patients was significantly higher than that in CD patients (all p < 0.05), but there was no difference in sleep disturbance between them (p = 0.737). Female, higher disease activity and the first visit were independent risk factors for anxiety, depression and sleep disturbance in IBD patients (all p < 0.05). The first visit, higher disease activity, abdominal pain and diarrhea symptoms, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbance were independent risk factors for the poor QoL of patients (all p < 0.05). The AUC value of the nomogram prediction model for predicting poor QoL was 0.773 (95% CI: 0.754-0.792). The calibration diagram of the model showed that the calibration curve fit well with the ideal curve, and DCA showed that the nomogram model could bring clinical benefits. CONCLUSION IBD patients have higher anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance, which affect their QoL. The nomogram prediction model we constructed has high accuracy and performance when predicting QoL.
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- Jixiang Zhang
- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyXijing HospitalAir Force Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Center for Mental HealthRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of PsychiatryXijing HospitalAir Force Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyPeking University Third HospitalBeijingChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of Clinical PsychologyThe First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyPeking Union Medical College HospitalChinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeBeijingChina
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- Center for Mental HealthRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of Clinical PsychologyBeijing Anding HospitalCapital Medical UniversityBeijingChina
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- Department of Medical PsychologyChinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Army Characteristic Medical CenterBeijingChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyXijing HospitalAir Force Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- Department of GastroenterologyRenmin Hospital of Wuhan UniversityWuhanChina
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Roderburg C, Yaqubi K, Konrad M, May P, Luedde T, Kostev K, Loosen SH. Association between inflammatory bowel disease and subsequent depression or anxiety disorders - A retrospective cohort study of 31,728 outpatients. J Psychiatr Res 2024; 169:231-237. [PMID: 38048672 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are characterized by chronic intestinal and systemic inflammation. The extraintestinal sequelae of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are major contributors to disease morbidity and significantly affect patients' quality of life. Here, we evaluated the association between IBD and subsequent depression or anxiety disorder in a large outpatient collective from Germany. METHODS 15,864 individual IBD patients (CD: n = 6,791, UC: n = 9073) and 15,864 nearest neighbor propensity score matched patients without IBD were included from the Disease Analyzer database (IQVIA). Diagnoses of depression and anxiety disorders were compared between IBD and non-IBD patients during a five-year follow-up period using Kaplan-Meier estimators and Cox-regression models. RESULTS After 5 years of follow-up, depression was diagnosed in 14.4% of CD patients versus 10.2% of matched pairs (p < 0.001) and in 13.1% of UC patients versus 10.1% of matched pairs (p < 0.001). In line, the incidence of anxiety order was significantly higher among CD (4.7% vs. 4.4%, p = 0.009) and UC patients (4.3% vs. 3.5%, p = 0.005). Regression analysis confirmed a significant association between IBD and both mental conditions (Hazard Ratio (HR)CD/depression: 1.40, HRUC/depression: 1.32, HRCD/anxiety disorder: 1.21, HRUC/anxiety disorder: 1.28). Subgroup analyses revealed a stronger association for CD and depression (HR: 1.51) and UC and depression (HR:1.49) among male patients as well as UC and anxiety disorders (HR: 1.51) among female patients. CONCLUSION Our data argue for a significant association between IBD and mental diseases including depression and anxiety disorders. Although further pathophysiological research is warranted, we hypothesize that specific psychological screening measures in IBD patients could improve quality of life and outcome.
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- Christoph Roderburg
- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management, 60549, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Pipicella JL, Vernon-Roberts A, Dutt S, Giles E, Day AS, Connor SJ, Andrews JM. Co-design and Consultation Ensure Consumer Needs Are Met: Building an eHealth Platform for Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dig Dis Sci 2023; 68:4368-4380. [PMID: 37897556 PMCID: PMC10635922 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-023-08146-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Crohn's Colitis Care is an adult inflammatory bowel disease eHealth system. Crohn's Colitis Care required additional pediatric functionality to enable life-long records and mitigate transition inadequacies. AIM This study describes and evaluates a consensus method developed to ensure consumer needs were met. METHODS Pediatric-specific functionality and associated resources considered important for inclusion were developed by a clinician consensus group. This group was divided into thematic subgroups and underwent two voting rounds. The content validity index was used to determine items reaching consensus. Children with inflammatory bowel disease and their parents were later shown a descriptive list of non-clinical inclusion topics proposed by the consensus group, and asked to vote on whether topic-related functionality and resources should be included. RESULTS The consensus process consulted 189 people in total (38 clinicians, 32 children with inflammatory bowel disease and 119 parents). There was agreement across all groups to incorporate functionality and resources pertaining to quality of life, mental health, self-management, and transition readiness; however, divergence was seen for general inflammatory bowel disease facts, your inflammatory bowel disease history, and satisfaction. Cost saw the greatest disparity, being less supported by consumers compared to clinicians. Over 75% of consumers agreed it would be okay for appointments to take longer for survey completion, and > 90% thought Crohn's Colitis Care should allow consumers to ask their treating team questions. CONCLUSIONS Widespread consumer co-design and consultation were important in unveiling differing perspectives to ensure Crohn's Colitis Care was built to support both consumer and clinician perspectives. Consumers collaborate to create a list of functionality and resources to be included in software (left), influencing the final product build (right).
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- Joseph Louis Pipicella
- Medicine & Health (South Western Sydney Clinical School), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Crohn's Colitis Cure, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Group, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, 1 Campbell St, Liverpool, NSW, 2170, Australia.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Westmead, NSW, Australia
- The University of Sydney Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Medicine & Health (South Western Sydney Clinical School), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Crohn's Colitis Cure, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Group, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, 1 Campbell St, Liverpool, NSW, 2170, Australia
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Crohn's Colitis Cure, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Odufalu FD, Dubinsky MC, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Ylänne K, Sipes A, Cappelleri JC, Russo LJ, Segovia M, Gardiner S, Johnson EP, Mulvey A, Panaccione R. Health Care Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, and Emotional Impacts in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Results from a Global Ulcerative Colitis Narrative Patient Survey. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2023; 29:1681-1692. [PMID: 37300505 PMCID: PMC10628921 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izad102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Narrative global survey assessed aspects of living with UC. This analysis aimed to identify health care disparities, social determinants of health, and emotional impacts related to UC disease management, patient experience, and quality of life. METHODS The survey was conducted by The Harris Poll from August 2017 to February 2018 among adults with UC. Responses from 1000 patients in the United States, Canada, Japan, France, and Finland were analyzed based on patient income, employment status, educational level, age, sex, and psychological comorbidities. Odds ratios (ORs) with significant P values (P < .05) from multivariate logistic regression models are reported. RESULTS Low-income vs high-income patients were less likely to have participated in a peer mentoring (OR, 0.30) or UC education program (OR, 0.51). Patients not employed were less likely to report being in "good/excellent" health (OR, 0.58) than patients employed full time. Patients with low vs high educational levels were less likely to have reached out to patient associations/organizations (OR, 0.59). Patients aged younger than 50 years vs those aged 50 years and older were less likely to have visited an office within an inflammatory bowel disease center/clinic in the past 12 months (OR, 0.53). Males were less likely to be currently seeing their gastroenterologist than females (OR, 0.66). Patients with vs without depression were less likely to agree that UC had made them more resilient (OR, 0.51). CONCLUSIONS Substantial differences in disease management and health care experience were identified, based on categories pertaining to patient demographics and psychological comorbidities, which may help health care providers better understand and advance health equity to improve patient care.
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- Susan and Leonard Feinstein IBD Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- University of Lorraine, CHRU-Nancy, Department of Gastroenterology, F-54000 Nancy, France
- University of Lorraine, Inserm, NGERE, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Pfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA
- Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Matsuoka K, Yamazaki H, Nagahori M, Kobayashi T, Omori T, Mikami Y, Fujii T, Shinzaki S, Saruta M, Matsuura M, Yamamoto T, Motoya S, Hibi T, Watanabe M, Fernandez J, Fukuhara S, Hisamatsu T. Association of ulcerative colitis symptom severity and proctocolectomy with multidimensional patient-reported outcomes: a cross-sectional study. J Gastroenterol 2023; 58:751-765. [PMID: 37351647 PMCID: PMC10366259 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-023-02005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND The YOu and Ulcerative colitis: Registry and Social network (YOURS) is a large-scale, multicenter, patient-focused registry investigating the effects of lifestyle, psychological factors, and clinical practice patterns on patient-reported outcomes in patients with ulcerative colitis in Japan. In this initial cross-sectional baseline analysis, we comprehensively explored impacts of symptom severity or proctocolectomy on nine patient-reported outcomes. METHODS Patients receiving tertiary care at medical institutions were consecutively enrolled in the YOURS registry. The patients completed validated questionnaires on lifestyle, psychosocial factors, and disease-related symptoms. Severity of symptoms was classified with self-graded stool frequency and rectal bleeding scores (categories: remission, active disease [mild, moderate, severe]). The effects of symptom severity or proctocolectomy on nine scales for quality of life, fatigue, anxiety/depression, work productivity, and sleep were assessed by comparing standardized mean differences of the patient-reported outcome scores. RESULTS Of the 1971 survey responses analyzed, 1346 (68.3%) patients were in remission, 583 (29.6%) had active disease, and 42 (2.1%) had undergone proctocolectomy. A linear relationship between increasing symptom severity and worsening quality of life, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and work productivity was observed. Patients with even mild symptoms had worse scores than patients in remission. Patients who had undergone proctocolectomy also had worse scores than patients in remission. CONCLUSIONS Ulcerative colitis was associated with reduced mood, quality of life, fatigue, and work productivity even in patients with mild symptoms, suggesting that management of active ulcerative colitis may improve patient-reported outcomes irrespective of disease severity. (UMIN Clinical Trials Registry: UMIN000031995, https://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr/index-j.htm ).
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- Katsuyoshi Matsuoka
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, 564-1 Shimoshizu, Sakura, Chiba, 285-8741, Japan.
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- Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Advanced IBD Research and Treatment, Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and Department of Surgery, Yokkaichi Hazu Medical Center, Mie, Japan
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sapporo Kosei General Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Center for Advanced IBD Research and Treatment, Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Advanced Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Japan Medical Office, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Tokyo, Japan
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- Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Health Policy Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Sauk JS, Ryu HJ, Labus JS, Khandadash A, Ahdoot AI, Lagishetty V, Katzka W, Wang H, Naliboff B, Jacobs JP, Mayer EA. High Perceived Stress is Associated With Increased Risk of Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Flares. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023; 21:741-749.e3. [PMID: 35952942 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Although perceived stress (PS) has been associated with symptomatic flares in inflammatory bowel disease, clinical and physiological measures associated with perceived stress and flare are not known. The aim of this study was to identify physiological factors associated with perceived stress in ulcerative colitis (UC) subjects, and their relationship with flare. METHODS Patients with UC in clinical remission (Simple Colitis Clinical Activity Index [SCCAI] score <5) underwent clinical and behavioral assessments, morning salivary cortisol measurements, autonomic nervous system activity testing (heart rate variability, electrodermal activity) at baseline with patient-reported SCCAI every 2 weeks over 1 to 2 years and fecal calprotectin at time of flare. Clinical flares (SCCAI ≥5) and biochemical flares (SCCAI ≥5 with fecal calprotectin ≥250 μg/g) were evaluated. RESULTS One hundred ten patients with UC were enrolled, with mean follow-up of 65.6 weeks. Patients with UC with higher and lower PS were determined. Although the high PS group had 3.6 times higher odds of a clinical flare than the low PS group, no significant differences in biochemical flares were observed between the low and high PS groups. The high vs low PS group differed in tonic sympathetic arousal as indexed by significantly greater baseline electrodermal activity (4.3 vs 3.4 microsiemens; P = .026) in the high PS group, but not in terms of heart rate variability and morning cortisol levels. Increased fecal calprotectin was associated with cardioautonomic measures, suggesting lower parasympathetic activity. CONCLUSIONS Increased PS assessed at baseline is associated with tonic sympathetic arousal and greater odds of clinical flares in patients with UC.
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- Jenny S Sauk
- G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Parenteral Nutrition, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
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- G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
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Cox SR, Czuber-Dochan W, Wall CL, Clarke H, Drysdale C, Lomer MC, Lindsay JO, Whelan K. Improving Food-Related Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease through a Novel Web Resource: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14204292. [PMID: 36296976 PMCID: PMC9611328 DOI: 10.3390/nu14204292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Food-related quality of life (FR-QoL) is impaired in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and education and support on food-related issues in IBD is needed. This feasibility trial aimed to investigate the effectiveness and acceptability of a web resource in enhancing FR-QoL in newly diagnosed IBD. Patients diagnosed with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis in the preceding 12 months, with an impaired FR-QoL, were recruited and randomised to either receive access to the web resource (covering IBD-specific diet concerns) or no access (control group) for 12 weeks, while receiving usual clinical care. FR-QoL, health-related quality of life, psychological outcomes, and clinical disease activity were assessed. Web resource usage was assessed, and patients' experiences of the web resource were investigated in semi-structured interviews. Of 81 patients screened, 50 participants were randomised, 30 to the web resource and 20 to control. FR-QoL increased more in the web resource (+11.7 SD 18.2) than control group (+1.4 SD 20.4) (p = 0.067), while IBD distress reduced in the web resource (-6.8 SD 26.6) and increased in the control group (+8.3 SD 25.5) (p = 0.052), albeit not statistically significantly. End of trial Crohn's disease clinical activity (PRO-2) was significantly lower in the web resource than control group (p = 0.046). Participants most frequently accessed web resource content discussing dietary management of gut symptoms and in semi-structured interviews, reported the website to contain relevant information. This feasibility study demonstrates potential effectiveness of the web resource on improving FR-QoL and psychological outcomes in IBD. An adequately powered effectiveness RCT is feasible to conduct and is now warranted. NCT03884686.
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- Selina R. Cox
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Midwifery and Palliative Care, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, King’s College London, London SE1 8WA, UK
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, UK
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, UK
- Departments of Gastroenterology and Dietetics, Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London E1 1BB, UK
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 9NH, UK
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Eşkazan T, Bakkaloğlu OK, Durcan E, Kurt EA, Önal U, Candan S, Tuncer M, Demirel Ö, Hatemi İ, Erzin Y, Çelik AF, Turan Ş. The Psychological Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Turk J Gastroenterol 2022; 33:387-396. [PMID: 35678796 DOI: 10.5152/tjg.2022.21253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic was expected to have traumatic effects and increase the anxiety levels of inflamma- tory bowel disease patients. METHODS We aimed to investigate the psychosocial effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on patients with inflammatory bowel disease by revealing the risk perception for present disease, coping strategies, follow-up characteristics, and treatment adher- ence. This is a cross-sectional, web-based survey study including 798 inflammatory bowel disease patients who were followed at our outpatient clinic and 303 volunteer who did not have any known chronic diseases and were not health professionals were included as the control group. RESULTS In this study, 281 of the patients were diagnosed with Crohn's disease and 215 with ulcerative colitis. The mean age of patients with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and the control group were 40.9 ± 13.1, 42.3 ± 12.7, and 39.9 ± 11.6, respectively. Here, 119 (42%) of the Crohn's disease cases, 116 (54%) of the ulcerative colitis cases, and 170 (56%) of the control group were male. Among the 3 groups, coronavirus disease 2019-related post-traumatic stress disorder rates (Impact of Event Scale-Revised > 33) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory of current status of anxiety-related anxiety rates were not statistically different while State-Trait Anxiety Inventory of anxiety tendency-related constant anxiety was higher in inflammatory bowel disease patients than the control group (P < .017). CONCLUSION Inflammatory bowel disease patients with anxiety have a lower quality of life, and this may worsen the clinical course of the disease. Coronavirus disease 2019 is a major source of stress for such a vulnerable population. During the pandemic, psychological support and mental health awareness should be made accessible to all individuals.
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- Tuğçe Eşkazan
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, İstanbul, Turkey
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Bao S, Liu W, liu L, Jiang G, Chen H. Analysis of Factors Related to Spiritual Psychology and Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Based on Artificial Intelligence IBD Nursing Technology. J Healthc Eng 2022; 2022:7702432. [PMID: 35449854 PMCID: PMC9017441 DOI: 10.1155/2022/7702432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To investigate the characteristics of psychological symptoms in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), to study the relationship between psychological symptoms and quality of life, and to provide some theoretical basis for the corresponding psychological treatment of IBD patients with psychiatric abnormalities. With the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its gradual application to the medical field, it has brought new ideas to the medical development, and its research and application in IBD, including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), is increasing. Machine learning is used to select reasonable models and methods to help the prediction, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of IBD. In this study, we improved on the classical unidirectional LSTM model by adding backward and forward LSTM layers, designed a bidirectional LSTM model to improve the shortcomings of unidirectional LSTM with insufficient dependence on the posterior, introduced the contribution rate α to adjust the weight matrix of the forward LSTM layer and the backward LSTM layer, and experimentally verified the correctness and superiority of the proposed model. A total of 159 patients with IBD and 89 healthy people were collected and psychologically assessed using the general status questionnaire, the 90-item symptom checklist (SCL-90). Patients with IBD are prone to a combination of obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal, depressive, hostile, and other abnormal psychological symptoms, and their quality of life is significantly reduced; quality of life is mainly affected by disease condition, depression, interpersonal sensitivity, and paranoia, and patients in the active stage of the disease with heavy symptoms of depression, paranoia, and interpersonal sensitivity have low quality of life.
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- Shizhen Bao
- Changzhou Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University Gastroenterology, Changzhou 213000, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University Gastroenterology, Changzhou 213000, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University Gastroenterology, Changzhou 213000, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University Gastroenterology, Changzhou 213000, Jiangsu, China
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- Changzhou Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University Gastroenterology, Changzhou 213000, Jiangsu, China
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van Gennep S, de Boer NKH, Gielen ME, Rietdijk ST, Gecse KB, Ponsioen CY, Duijvestein M, D'Haens GR, Löwenberg M, de Boer AGEM. Impaired Quality of Working Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. Dig Dis Sci 2021; 66:2916-2924. [PMID: 33063191 PMCID: PMC8379106 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-020-06647-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Work-related aspects are important determinants of health for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. AIMS We aimed to describe quality of working life (QWL) in IBD patients and to assess variables that are associated with QWL. METHODS Employed IBD patients of two tertiary and two secondary referral hospitals were included. QWL (range 0-100) was measured using the Quality of Working Life Questionnaire (QWLQ). Work productivity (WP), fatigue, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) were assessed using the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire, Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory, and Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire, respectively. Active disease was defined as a score > 4 for the patient-reported Harvey-Bradshaw index in Crohn's disease (CD) or Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index in ulcerative colitis patients. RESULTS In total, 510 IBD patients were included (59% female, 53% CD, mean age 43 (SD 12) years). The mean QWLQ score was 78 (SD 11). The lowest subscore (54 (SD 26)) was observed for "problems due to the health situation": 63% reported fatigue-related problems at work, 48% agreed being hampered at work, 46% had limited confidence in their body, and 48% felt insecure about the future due to their health situation. Intermediate/strong associations were found between QWL and fatigue (r = - 0.543, p < 0.001), HRQL (r = 0.527, p < 0.001), WP loss (r = - 0.453, p < 0.001) and disease activity (r = - 0.331, p < 0.001). Independent predictors of impaired QWL in hierarchical regression analyses were fatigue (B = - 0.204, p < 0.001), WP loss (B = - 0.070, p < 0.001), and impaired HRQL (B = 0.248, p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS IBD-related problems at work negatively influence QWL. Fatigue, reduced HRQL, and WP loss were independent predictors of impaired QWL in IBD.
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- Sara van Gennep
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amstelland Ziekenhuis, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Marín Andrés M, García Romero R, Puga González B, Ros Arnal I, González Pérez J, Gutiérrez Sánchez AM. [Study of personality and anxiety in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease]. Andes Pediatr 2021; 92:241-249. [PMID: 34106163 DOI: 10.32641/andespediatr.v92i2.2403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE to analyze the presence of common personality traits and anxiety states in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). PATIENTS AND METHOD Longitudinal, prospecti ve, and analytical study by applying the questionnaires Children's Personality Questionnaire, High School Personality Questionnaire, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, and State-Trait Anxie ty Inventory for patients with IBD aged between 9 and 18 years seen at reference IBD units in Ara gon, Spain. The participants excluded were those with active disease, defined as a score > 10 on the Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI Score) or > 10 on the Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI Score). RESULTS Twenty-six patients participated (73% male). 61.5% pre sented Crohn's disease (CD) and 38.5% ulcerative colitis (UC). No patient presented active disease. The personality profile as a group was characterized by being open, emotionally stable, calm, sober, sensible, enterprising, impressionable, dependent, serene, perfectionist, and relaxed. 50% of the CD patients were enterprising versus no UC patients (p < 0.05). There were no statistically significant di fferences when comparing the remaining personality factors based on IBD type, age, or sex. Patients with CD tended to be calmer (p = 0.0511) and patients with UC more introverted (p = 0.0549). The sample presented a state anxiety level (A/E) -1.1 ± 0.8 SD compared with the population average. The level of anxiety as a feature (A/R) was -0.6 ± 1 SD. Males had significantly lower levels than females in the case of A/E (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The presence of common personality traits in the pediatric population with IBD stands out but there was no greater anxiety than in the reference population.
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Guida L, Di Giorgio FM, Busacca A, Carrozza L, Ciminnisi S, Almasio PL, Di Marco V, Cappello M. Perception of the Role of Food and Dietary Modifications in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Impact on Lifestyle. Nutrients 2021; 13:759. [PMID: 33652848 PMCID: PMC7996868 DOI: 10.3390/nu13030759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diet has a relevant role in triggering symptoms in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) from the patients' perspective, but there is gap the between patients' and doctors' perceptions. Few studies have addressed this topic. The aim of this study was to evaluate food habits and nutrition knowledge in a homogeneous cohort of patients with IBD from southern Italy. METHODS 167 consecutive patients with IBD were recruited. The survey was based on the administration of a semi-structured questionnaire assessing demographics, disease features, dietary behavior, and food intolerance. RESULTS The majority of patients did not consider food a cause of their disease. However more than 80% changed their diet after the diagnosis and most report an improvement in symptoms. Spiced and seasoned foods, dairy products, vegetables, and fruit were often avoided. A dairy-free diet was adopted by 33.7%. Food choices were based on self-experience and not on medical counselling. Dietary modifications deeply impact on lifestyle. CONCLUSIONS Most of the patients with IBD set diet and lifestyle on self-experience and give up many foods. This has an impact on psychosocial functioning and can lead to nutritional deficiencies. High quality studies are warranted to assess evidence-based dietary strategies and develop patient-targeted dietary recommendations.
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology Section, PROMISE, University of Palermo, Piazza delle Cliniche, 2-90127 Palermo, Italy; (L.G.); (F.M.D.G.); (A.B.); (L.C.); (S.C.); (P.L.A.); (V.D.M.)
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Appleton K, Whittaker E, Cohen Z, Rhodes HM, Dunn C, Murphy S, Gaastra M, Galletly A, Dougherty S, Haren A, Sukumaran N, Aluzaite K, Dockerty JD, Turner RM, Schultz M. Attitudes towards and use of cannabis in New Zealand patients with inflammatory bowel disease: an exploratory study. N Z Med J 2021; 134:38-47. [PMID: 33651776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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AIMS We aimed to assess the use of and attitudes towards cannabis use (medicinal and recreational) by people with IBD in New Zealand. METHODS People with IBD were invited to complete an anonymous online questionnaire. Participants were recruited via postal mail using a hospital database of patients with IBD (developed by the Gas-troenterology Department at Dunedin Public Hospital) and via online recruitment (advertised on the Crohn's and Colitis New Zealand website, Facebook page and e-mail list). Inclusion criteria were ages 18+ and self-reported confirmed IBD diagnosis. RESULTS In total, 378 participants completed the questionnaire, with 334 eligible responses. Partici-pants were predominantly New Zealand European (84%) and female (71%). Sixty-one percent of re-spondents had CD and 34% UC. Overall, 51% of respondents reported having ever used cannabis. Of those, 63% reported use as recreational and 31% for reduction of IBD symptoms. Users were more likely to be younger (on average by 6.4 years), with on-going symptoms, unemployed or self-employed and current or ex-smokers. There were no differences by disease status or severity. Symp-toms most reported as improved by cannabis use were abdominal pain/cramping, nausea/vomiting and loss of appetite. Fifty-four percent of participants reported that if cannabis were legal, they would request it for medicinal use to help manage their symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our research aligns with previous observational research that reports im-provements in symptoms of IBD with cannabis use. Studies of a higher evidence level (eg, RCTs) would be needed to guide prescribing. In the meantime, this research provides useful background to clini-cians about patients' views and experiences.
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- Kerry Appleton
- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Biostatistics Centre, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; Department of Gastroenterology, Dunedin Hospital, Southern District Health Board, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Chen DL, Dai YC, Zheng L, Chen YL, Zhang YL, Tang ZP. Features of the gut microbiota in ulcerative colitis patients with depression: A pilot study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2021; 100:e24845. [PMID: 33607855 PMCID: PMC7899815 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000024845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Despite the establishment of the links between ulcerative colitis (UC) and depression, between UC and gut microbiota, few correlations between depression and gut microbiota have yet been demonstrated especially in ulcerative colitis patients. The objective of our study was therefore to determine whether the comorbidity of depressive disorder in ulcerative colitis patients correlate with alterations in the gut microbiota and to identify the specific microbiota signatures associated with depression.Between March 2017 and February 2018, 31 healthy volunteers, 31 UC patients without depression, and 31 UC patients with depression from Longhua Hospital were enrolled. Clinical data and fecal samples were collected for each patient. Fecal bacteria were identified using 16 s rRNA sequencing. We compared microbial composition among the 3 groups using bioinformatic analysis.Patients with UC with depression had higher disease severity (P < .05). The UC without depression group had moderate reduction of microbial abundance and uniformity compared to the control group. The UC with depression group had the lowest microbial abundance. With regard to the vital bacteria in the microbiota-gut-brain axis, patients with UC and depression had the lowest abundance of Firmicutes, Clostridia, and Clostridiales but the highest abundance of Proteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and Bacilli.The presence of depression in UC patients presented significant differences in the composition of gut microbiota compared with UC patients without depression, with increased abundance of Firmicutes and reduced abundance of Proteobacteria.
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- De-Liang Chen
- Institute of Digestive Diseases, LongHua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai
- Department of Tuina, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, LongHua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai
- Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine-Integrated Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, LongHua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai
- Department of Gastroenterology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, LongHua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai
- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, LongHua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai
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- Institute of Digestive Diseases, LongHua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai
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Teich N, Grümmer H, Jörgensen E, Liceni T, Holtkamp-Endemann F, Fischer T, Hohenberger S. Golimumab in real-world practice in patients with ulcerative colitis: Twelve-month results. World J Gastroenterol 2020; 26:2852-2863. [PMID: 32550760 PMCID: PMC7284175 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i21.2852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The introduction of biologics has revolutionized the management of the chronic inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis (UC), with many patients experiencing significant improvements not only in their symptoms but in other outcomes relevant to individuals and society as a whole. In Germany, there are no prospective data > 3 mo that assess the work productivity, daily activities and quality of life (QoL) of patients with moderate-to-severe UC treated with golimumab.
AIM To assess change in work productivity, capacity for daily activities and QoL in UC patients treated with golimumab in Germany.
METHODS The validated Work Productivity Activity Impairment (WPAI) Questionnaire was used to analyze the change in work productivity, the capacity for daily activities after three months (primary endpoint) and disease specific and health related QoL (HRQoL) up to 1 year (secondary endpoints). The changes in work productivity and activity impairment were evaluated every three months until month twelve compared to baseline. Disease-specific and health-related QoL were assessed with the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire and with the short-form 12 health survey questionnaire (SF-12).
RESULTS This prospective non-interventional study included 287 patients. The analysis population was comprised of 282 patients who had completed at least two visits. At baseline, 61% of patients had moderate UC and 18% had severe UC. Furthermore, 75% of patients worked full-time or part-time at baseline. A total of 212 patients who were employed at the start of the study (employed population) were evaluated for the primary endpoint. Golimumab significantly reduced all WPAI sub-scores compared to baseline after three, six, nine and twelve months after the start of treatment (P < 0.0001). In addition, disease-specific QoL and HRQoL, as measured by the SF-12 questionnaire, improved significantly with golimumab at all evaluation times (P < 0.0001 in each case vs baseline).
CONCLUSION Treatment of moderate-to-severe UC with golimumab leads to significant improvements in patient’s work productivity, daily activity and QoL over twelve months.
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- Niels Teich
- Internistische Gemeinschaftspraxis für Verdauungs-und Stoffwechselkrankheiten Leipzig und Schkeuditz, Leipzig 04105, Germany
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- Praxis für Innere Medizin/Gastroenterologie, Potsdam 14471, Germany
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- MVZ für Gastroenterologie am Bayerischen Platz, Berlin 10825, Germany
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- Medical Affairs, MSD Sharp and Dohme GmbH, Haar 85540, Germany
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Objective: To explore health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and assess preferences for medical treatment attributes to obtain information of the relative importance of the different attributes in a Danish population with ulcerative colitis (UC).Methods: We used data from an online survey collected in March 2018 among people with self-reported UC. A total of 302 eligible respondents answered the HRQoL questionnaires (EuroQol-5 Dimensions (EQ-5D-5L) and the Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (SIBDQ)), and 212 also completed the discrete choice experiment (DCE). The probability of choosing an alternative from a number of choices in the DCE was estimated using a conditional logit model.Results: The respondents had an average SIBDQ score of 4.5 and an HRQoL score of 0.77, applying the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire. HRQoL correlated with disease severity, and the respondents had lower HRQoL than did a gender- and age-matched subset of the Danish population. The most important medical treatment attribute was efficacy within eight weeks. Additionally, respondents stated a preference for avoiding taking steroids, for fast onset of effect and for oral formulations.Conclusions: HRQoL correlates with disease severity, and patients with UC have lower HRQoL than the general population. The most important treatment attribute was efficacy, but patients also would like to avoid steroids, value fast onset of effect and prefer oral formulations.
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Dziekiewicz M, Kowalska-Duplaga K, Baranowska-Nowak M, Neścioruk M, Kuźniarski S, Banasiuk M, Banaszkiewicz A. Awareness of smoking in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. Ann Agric Environ Med 2020; 27:61-65. [PMID: 32208581 DOI: 10.26444/aaem/105821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is long life disease that results from an interaction between a polygenetic predisposition and environmental factors, including smoking. The aim of this study was to evaluate beliefs about and awareness of smoking among adolescents with IBD compared to healthy controls. MATERIAL AND METHODS Patients with IBD, Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), and healthy controls were asked to complete a questionnaire on demographic data and smoking status. The questionnaire also included data on beliefs and awareness of smoking-related health effects, including effects on IBD. RESULTS A total of 139 IBD patients and 108 controls were enrolled in the study. Of the IBD patients, 17/139 (12.2%) were smokers compared to 18/108 (16.7%) of controls (p=0.3). Patients with IBD were nine times more likely to be everyday smokers than occasional smokers (OR=9.2, 95% CI: 1.9- 45.1, p=0.004). No difference was found between patients with CD and UC in their answers to the question of whether "smoking increases the risk for surgery in your type of IBD" (17/28 (60.7%) vs. 10/29 (34.5%), respectively (p=0.047). More patients with CD than UC were aware of the risks of smoking on their disease: extra-intestinal manifestations and disease exacerbation, OR=11.3 (95% CI: 4.1 - 30.9; p=0.000) and OR=19.3 (95% CI: 6.7 - 55.1; p=0.000), respectively. CONCLUSIONS The data obtained demonstrated that adolescents with CD are much more aware of the role of smoking on CD than are their peers with UC; however, this awareness is still unsatisfactory. Therefore, there is an unmet need to implement better anti-smoking strategies for this group of patients.
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- Marcin Dziekiewicz
- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery and Traumatology, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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Chen X, Zhang Y, Xu X, Wang W, Yan H, Li S, Yang N. Mediating Roles of Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Sleep Quality on the Relationship Between Patient-Reported Physician Empathy and Inflammatory Markers in Ulcerative Colitis Patients. Med Sci Monit 2019; 25:7889-7897. [PMID: 31634896 PMCID: PMC6820358 DOI: 10.12659/msm.917552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Empathy between doctor and patient has an important bearing on patient health. The purpose of this study was to assess whether anxiety, sleep quality, and self-efficacy of patients have mediating effects in the relationship of patient-reported physician empathy and inflammatory factor in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study included 242 patients attended by 45 doctors. Self-reported doctors' empathy ability was measured at patient admission (T1), and patient-reported physician empathy was measured 3 months later (T2). Patient anxiety, general self-efficacy, sleep, and inflammatory factor (IL-6) were measured on T1 and T2. Pearson correlation analysis was used to assess the relationships between self-reported doctor empathy ability and patient indices on T1 and T2. The relationships between anxiety, sleep quality, self-efficacy, IL-6, and patient-reported physician empathy were measured by Pearson correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. RESULTS On T1, no significant correlation was reported between self-reported doctors' empathy ability and indices of the patients (P>0.05). On T2, self-reported doctors' empathy ability was significantly positively correlated with patient sleep and self-efficacy (P<0.01), and significantly negatively correlated with patient anxiety and IL-6 (P<0.01). Moreover, on T2, patient-reported physician empathy was negatively correlated with anxiety and IL-6 and was positively correlated with self-efficacy and sleep quality. The effect of patient-reported physician empathy on IL-6 was mediated by anxiety, sleep quality, and self-efficacy. CONCLUSIONS The anxiety, self-efficacy, and sleep quality of UC patients had mediating effects in the relationship between patient-reported physician empathy and IL-6.
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- Xiangfan Chen
- School of Health Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Huiyang Sanhe Hospital, Huizhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Huiyang Sanhe Hospital, Huizhou, Guangdong, P.R. China
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- School of Health Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China
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- School of Health Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China
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- School of Health Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China
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- College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, P.R. China
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Yamazaki H, Matsuoka K, Fernandez J, Hibi T, Watanabe M, Hisamatsu T, Fukuhara S. Ulcerative colitis outcomes research in Japan: protocol for an observational prospective cohort study of YOURS (YOu and Ulcerative colitis: Registry and Social network). BMJ Open 2019; 9:e030134. [PMID: 31501121 PMCID: PMC6738732 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects the colon in young patients. Typical symptoms of UC are bloody diarrhoea and faecal urgency, which disturb the quality of life (QOL) of patients, and intractable UC leads to hospitalisation and colectomy. To improve relevant outcomes such as symptoms, QOL and colectomy, many clinical questions need to be resolved regarding what the ideal lifestyle, psychosocial burden and optimal practice patterns are. In this YOu and Ulcerative colitis: Registry and Social network (YOURS) study, we will investigate the effect of lifestyle, psychosocial factors and practice patterns on patient-reported outcomes (PRO), hospitalisation rate and colectomy rate in Japanese patients with UC. METHODS AND ANALYSIS For this prospective cohort study, we recruited 2006 patients from five hospitals (Tokyo and Chiba; May 2018-January 2019). Patients will be able to access their own data and compare them with summarised data from all patients on the website beyond the YOURS study. At baseline, patients will answer a questionnaire regarding lifestyle (diet, exercise, sleep and work), psychosocial factors (stress, depression and social support) and PRO (symptoms and QOL). Information on practice patterns (eg, medications, endoscopy frequency) will be collected from electronic medical records. Gaps between patients' needs and healthcare professionals' practice will be identified. Follow-up surveys will be conducted periodically for approximately 3 years. Research questions suggested by patients and healthcare professionals may be used in subsequent surveys. Results from the YOURS study will demonstrate optimal UC management strategies to improve relevant outcomes.The study was approved by the ethics committees of five investigational sites before starting the study. The results will be submitted to journals.UMIN000031995.
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- Hajime Yamazaki
- Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Japan Medical Office, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Advanced IBD Research and Treatment, Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- TMDU Advanced Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Daher S, Khoury T, Benson A, Walker JR, Hammerman O, Kedem R, Naftali T, Eliakim R, Ben-Bassat O, Bernstein CN, Israeli E. Inflammatory bowel disease patient profiles are related to specific information needs: A nationwide survey. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25:4246-4260. [PMID: 31435177 PMCID: PMC6700696 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i30.4246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2019] [Revised: 06/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is a heterogenous, lifelong disease, with an unpredictable and potentially progressive course, that may impose negative psychosocial impact on patients. While informed patients with chronic illness have improved adherence and outcomes, previous research showed that the majority of IBD patients receive insufficient information regarding their disease. The large heterogeneity of IBD and the wide range of information topics makes a one-size fits all knowledge resource overwhelming and cumbersome. We hypothesized that different patient profiles may have different and specific information needs, the identification of which will allow building personalized computer-based information resources in the future.
AIM To evaluate the scope of disease-related knowledge among IBD patients and determine whether different patient profiles drive unique information needs.
METHODS We conducted a nationwide survey addressing hospital-based IBD clinics. A Total of 571 patients completed a 28-item questionnaire, rating the amount of information received at time of diagnosis and the importance of information, as perceived by participants, for a newly diagnosed patient, and for the participants themselves, at current time. We performed an exploratory factor analysis of the crude responses aiming to create a number of representative knowledge domains (factors), and analyzed the responses of a set of 15 real-life patient profiles generated by the study team.
RESULTS Participants gave low ratings for the amount of information received at disease onset (averaging 0.9/5) and high ratings for importance, both for the newly diagnosed patients (mean 4.2/5) and for the participants themselves at current time (mean 3.5/5). Factor analysis grouped responses into six information-domains. The responses of selected profiles, compared with the rest of the participants, yielded significant associations (defined as a difference in rating of > 0.5 points with a P < 0.05). Patients with active disease showed a higher interest in work-disability, stress-coping, and therapy-complications. Patients newly diagnosed at age > 50, and patients with long-standing disease (> 10 years) showed less interest in work-disability. Patients in remission with mesalamine or no therapy showed less interest in all domains except for nutrition and long-term complications.
CONCLUSION We demonstrate unmet patient information needs. Analysis of various patient profiles revealed associations with specific information topics, paving the way for building patient-tailored information resources.
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- Saleh Daher
- Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
- Department of Gastroenterology, Galilee Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Nahariya 22100, Israel
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- Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E3P4, Canada
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- Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Research Branch, IDF Medical Corps, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan 52630, Israel
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-saba 4428164, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 6997801, Israel
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52630, Israel
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva 49100, Israel
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- IBD Clinical and Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E3P4, Canada
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- Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Kózka M, Skowron W, Bodys-Cupak I. Determinants of the level of anxiety and fears in a group of patients with ulcerative colitis. Ann Agric Environ Med 2019; 26:337-340. [PMID: 31232068 DOI: 10.26444/aaem/94651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the mucous membrane of the large intestine manifesting itself through diarrhoea with blood, mucous and pus. It progresses with periods of relapses and remissions. The treatment is a long-term process which should aim at improving the patient's clinical condition and quality of life, as well as minimising the disease-related anxiety and fears. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was recognition of the determinants of the level of anxiety and fears in a group of patients with ulcerative colitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS The prospective study comprised 102 patients with diagnosed ulcerative colitis. The data were collected by means of the following tools: Clinical Disease Activity Index, Rating Form of IBD Patients Concerns (RFIPC), and a questionnaire by the authors. Statistical parametric and non-parametric tests were used to analyse the data, depending on the type of scale and nature of the variable distribution. RESULTS Most of the patients (64%) were in the active phase of the disease. A high level of fear and anxiety occurred in 73% of the patients and concerned the impact of the disease, intimate life, complications and stigmatisation. The highest levels of fears and anxiety were observed in the field of complications and the impact of the disease on the patients' lives. CONCLUSIONS The disease activity and high levels of anxiety and fears influenced the psychosocial functioning of the patients with ulcerative colitis.
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- Maria Kózka
- Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Faculty of Health Science, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Kraków, Poland.
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- Polonia Academia in Częstochowa, Faculty of Health Science, Częstochowa, Poland
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- Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Faculty of Health Science, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Kraków, Poland.
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Carpinelli L, Bucci C, Santonicola A, Zingone F, Ciacci C, Iovino P. Anhedonia in irritable bowel syndrome and in inflammatory bowel diseases and its relationship with abdominal pain. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2019; 31:e13531. [PMID: 30628137 DOI: 10.1111/nmo.13531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Anhedonia is the lowered ability to experience pleasure from rewarding or enjoyable activities and is considered a symptom of depression. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are frequently accompanied by psychiatric disorders such as depression. However, to our knowledge, studies have yet to investigate the anhedonia in these patients. Our aim was to study the level of anhedonia in patients with IBD and IBS in comparison with healthy controls (HC), and to relate anhedonia levels with the severity of abdominal pain. METHODS We consecutively recruited IBD and IBS patients. All patients fulfilled the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS), a self-rating scale consisting of 14 items that cover the domains of social interaction, food, and drink, sensory experiences, achievement and pastimes, and the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) to screen for depression. Moreover, we calculated abdominal pain on a (0-100) Visual Analog Scale (VAS) in all patients. KEY RESULTS We enrolled 120 patients (64 IBD and 56 IBS) and 81 HC. Among IBD patients, 34 had Crohn's disease and 30 ulcerative colitis. All patients as a whole had significantly higher SHAPS and BDI-II scores than HC (1.3 ± 1.5 vs 0.8 ± 0.1; P = 0.01 and 10.4 ± 7.5 vs 5.9 ± 4.9; P < 0.001, respectively), while no significant differences were found among groups. SHAPS score showed a significant correlation in only a few statements of BDI-II. In our cohort, a multivariate regression analysis showed that SHAPS score was significantly related to current abdominal pain (0-100 VAS) (P = 0.03) independent of gender and age. CONCLUSIONS AND INFERENCES The level of anhedonia was higher in all patients compared to healthy controls. The more the subject is anhedonic, the higher the VAS scale for abdominal pain. This study suggests that anhedonia would need to be very carefully weighed in IBD and IBS patients.
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- Luna Carpinelli
- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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Naftali T, Eindor-Abarbanel A, Ruhimovich N, Bar-Gil Shitrit A, Sklerovsky-Benjaminov F, Laish I, Matalon S, Shirin H, Milgrom Y, Ziv-Baran T, Broide E. Sense of coherence in people with and without inflammatory bowel diseases - is there a difference? J Gastrointestin Liver Dis 2019; 28:29-32. [PMID: 30851169 DOI: 10.15403/jgld.2014.1121.281.coh] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Sense of coherence (SOC) is a theoretical concept reflecting a person's resources and orientation, which enable individuals to cope with stressors in a health-promoting manner. In several multifactorial chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and systemic lupus erythematosus, SOC was correlated with disease development. It was also related with the emotional distress in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).The aim of this study was to investigate the possible correlation between low SOC scores and the presence of IBD. METHODS A total of 183 Crohn's disease (CD) and 71 ulcerative colitis (UC) patients completed questionnaires including demographic data and the 13 items for the SOC questionnaire. The IBD patients were matched to 124 healthy people according to age, gender, education, employment status and marital status. RESULTS In the CD cohort, 96 patients were matched to the healthy cohort according to the propensity score value, and in the UC cohort 57 were matched. Patients with Crohns' disease had a median SOC score of 63 (IQR 56-71), and healthy matching controls of 62.5 (IQR 55.25- 68.75) p=0.369. Patients with ulcerative patients had a median SOC score of 66 (IQR 56-73) and healthy controls 62 (IQR 55-69) p=0.354. CONCLUSIONS In our study SOC was not related to the development of IBD. The question of whether SOC is associated with the development of chronic disease and particularly with IBD remains open.
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- Timna Naftali
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Meir Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Meir Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Meir Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Meir Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Digestive Diseases Institute, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Kamila Gonczarowski Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Van de Vijver E, Van Gils A, Beckers L, Van Driessche Y, Moes ND, van Rheenen PF. Fatigue in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25:632-643. [PMID: 30774277 PMCID: PMC6371006 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i5.632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 12/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To identify factors other than active disease and anemia that contribute to fatigue in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
METHODS We performed an electronic search in Medline and EMBASE from their inception to May 2017 using the search term “fatigue” or the related keywords “physical impairment” and “inflammatory bowel disease” with the filter “child” (age 0-18 years). Cross-sectional and case-control studies were included. We restricted our search to studies published in English. We used the PRISMA checklist and flow diagram. Duplicate articles were manually deleted in End Note. To identify further relevant studies, we checked the reference lists of the selected articles.
RESULTS We identified 149 papers, of which 19 were retrieved for full text review. Eleven studies were subsequently excluded because fatigue was not evaluated as an outcome measure. Eight papers focused on the desired topic and were discussed in the final analysis. A lack of uniformity of outcome measures made the pooling of data impossible. In all but one study, questionnaires were used to evaluate fatigue. In the remaining study, an accelerometer was used to measure daily activities, sleeping time and their relationships with fatigue in a more quantifiable manner. Adolescents with IBD are significantly more fatigued than healthy controls. In addition to active disease, increased anxiety or depression and disturbed family relationships were frequently reported predictors of fatigue. Quantitative measurement of physical activity in patients with Crohn’s disease showed a reduction in the number of steps per day, and patients with ulcerative colitis had a shorter duration of physical activity during the day.
CONCLUSION Fatigue in pediatric IBD is related to a combination of biological, functional and behavioral factors, which should all be taken into account when managing fatigue.
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- Els Van de Vijver
- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem B-2650, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem B-2650, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem B-2650, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem B-2650, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands
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Olmedo Martín RV, González Molero I, Olveira Fuster G, Amo Trillo V, Jiménez Pérez M. Vitamin D deficiency in outpatients with inflammatory bowel disease: prevalence and association with clinical-biological activity. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2019; 111:46-54. [PMID: 30284908 DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5714/2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION there are few data on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Spain. A deficiency could be associated with a worse course of the disease. AIM to determine the prevalence of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) deficiency in a cohort of outpatients with IBD and assess its association with clinical and biological activity, quality of life and psychological symptoms. METHODS a cross-sectional, single-center observational study was performed. The study variables were obtained via clinical interviews, medical chart review and validated questionnaires (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Short Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire). 25OHD was measured in the same laboratory by an electro-chemiluminescence immunoassay. RESULTS the study included 224 patients. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis was 33.3% and 20.3%, respectively. In Crohn's disease, vitamin D deficiency was associated with a higher clinical activity (p < 0.001) and a higher concentration of fecal calprotectin (p = 0.01). In ulcerative colitis, it was associated with clinical activity (p < 0.001), the use of steroids during the last six months (p = 0.001) and hospital admission during the previous year (p = 0.003). A sub-analysis of 149 patients failed to detect an association between vitamin D and quality of life or the scores of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. CONCLUSIONS vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. An association was found between vitamin D concentration and clinical activity indexes, as well as fecal calprotectin levels in Crohn's disease.
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- UGC Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, España
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Chung AE, Vu MB, Myers K, Burris J, Kappelman MD. Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Partners Patient-Powered Research Network: Patient Perspectives on Facilitators and Barriers to Building an Impactful Patient-Powered Research Network. Med Care 2018; 56 Suppl 10 Suppl 1:S33-S40. [PMID: 30074949 PMCID: PMC6143211 DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND To build a Patient-Powered Research Networks (PPRN) that prioritizes the needs of its members who have inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), we sought to better understand patients' preferences for what are the essential features that will facilitate and sustain engagement. METHODS We conducted a two-phase qualitative study. Seven focus groups involving 62 participants with IBD were conducted (phase 1). Focus group results informed the phase 2 cognitive interviews, which included 13 phone interviews. Topics included experiences with IBD and research, PPRN engagement, patient-generated health data, and resources/tools to facilitate self-management. All focus groups and interviews were digitally recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed in ATLAS.ti 7.5. Thematic categories were derived from the data, and codes were grouped into emergent themes and relationships. RESULTS Four major themes emerged through inductive coding: (1) the impact of knowing; (2) participation barriers and challenges; (3) engagement and collaboration; and (4) customizable patient portal features/functionalities. Participants were motivated to participate in the PPRN because the knowledge gained from research studies would benefit both society and the individual. Main concerns included credibility of online resources, pharmaceutical industry profiting from their data, data security, and participation expectations. Participants wanted a true and equal partnership in every phase of building a PPRN. Participants felt it was important to have access to personal health records and be able to track health status and symptoms. CONCLUSION Partnering with participants throughout PPRN development was critical to understanding the needs and preferences of patients with IBDs and for shaping engagement strategies and the portal's design.
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- Arlene E. Chung
- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Program on Health and Clinical Informatics, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill School of Medicine
- Carolina Health Informatics Program, UNC Chapel Hill
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- Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
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Luo H, Sun Y, Li Y, Lv H, Sheng L, Wang L, Qian J. Perceived stress and inappropriate coping behaviors associated with poorer quality of life and prognosis in patients with ulcerative colitis. J Psychosom Res 2018; 113:66-71. [PMID: 30190050 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the effect of perceived stress and coping behaviors on quality of life and clinical outcomes in patients with ulcerative colitis. METHODS This is a prospective cohort study in a tertiary inflammatory bowel disease center in China. A total of 263 ulcerative colitis patients were enrolled consecutively between June 2013 and February 2015. The Perceived Stress Scale, the Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire, and the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire were used to assess perceived stress, medical coping and quality of life at baseline. Patients were followed up for hospitalization due to relapse over a one-year period. Multivariate analyses were performed to identify whether perceived stress and medical coping behavior were related to quality of life and hospitalization. RESULTS Patients with invalid questionnaires (n = 6) and those lost to follow-up (n = 28) were excluded. A total of 229 ulcerative colitis patients (mean age 40.4 ± 12.6, 50.7% male) were included in the final analysis, and 23 patients had been hospitalized during the one-year follow-up period. After adjusting other associated variables, perceived stress (OR: 1.13; 95% CI: 1.07 to 1.19) and acceptance-resignation behavior (OR: 1.41; 95% CI: 1.21 to 1.65) were independently associated with poor quality of life. Patients scoring highly for acceptance-resignation behavior (OR: 1.23; 95% CI: 1.04 to 1.46) were more likely to be hospitalized during the one-year follow-up period. CONCLUSION In patients with ulcerative colitis, identifying those who adopted more acceptance-resignation behavior and improving their medical coping behavior by psychotherapy could be helpful to achieve better quality of life and disease control.
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- Hanqing Luo
- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; Department of Health Care, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Beijing United Family Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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Ramos A, Vergara M, Melcarne L, Sicilia B, Gomollón F, Calvet X. Validation of a self-reported work disability questionnaire for ulcerative colitis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e12486. [PMID: 30278537 PMCID: PMC6181479 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000012486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Ulcerative colitis (UC) may severely limit patients' capacity to work. Recently, we validated a work disability questionnaire (WDQ) for Crohn disease. As UC shares clinical characteristics with Crohn disease, we hypothesized that the questionnaire might also be useful for UC. The study was aimed to validate the WDQ for use in UC.Consecutive patients with UC (n = 142, 67 women; age 48 ± 1) completed the UC-WDQ and the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire-9 (IBDQ-9), and EuroQoL-5D quality-of-life questionnaires. Validation of the UC-WDQ included an assessment of its construct validity, including: discriminant validity, convergent validity, and reproducibility (test-retest). We also calculated the intraclass correlation and the Cronbach alpha.The UC-WDQ is a valid and reliable tool for measuring work disability in patients with UC.
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- Alexis Ramos
- Digestive Disease Department, Burgos Healtcare complex, Burgos
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- Departament de Medicina, University Autònoma de Barcelona
- Medicine Department, Autonomous Barcelone University, Barcelona
- CIBERehd, Carlos III Healthcare Institute, Madrid
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- Departament de Medicina, University Autònoma de Barcelona
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- Digestive Disease Department, Burgos Healtcare complex, Burgos
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- Departament de Medicina, University Autònoma de Barcelona
- Medicine Department, Autonomous Barcelone University, Barcelona
- CIBERehd, Carlos III Healthcare Institute, Madrid
- Digestive Disease Service, Universitary Clinic Hospital of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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Thousands of people affected by or caring for someone affected by Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis participate in online social support groups today. The diseases, which are often discussed in conjunction due to being similar in nature, have no cure and yet affect over 1 million people in the United States alone. There is a need for health communication scholarship to examine the nature of the messages in Crohn's and UC groups, which can lend insight into the unique struggles and psychosocial benefits that members gain from group participation. To develop an in-depth understanding of social support exchanges on these groups, 2000 posts within a 2-year period were randomly selected and content analyzed. Using a taxonomy of social support, several categories and subcategories of social support emerged. Results showed that informational support (41.1%) and emotional support (36.1%) were most frequently exchanged, followed by esteem support (14.3%) and network support (14.2%). Data suggested that several exchanges, such as symptom management and remission, experiences of extraintestinal manifestations, and relational support, may be contextually unique due to the variety of symptoms and treatments unique to Crohn's and UC. Recommendations are provided for researchers to collaborate with health practitioners and educators, including developing interventions and patient-centered practices to better serve patients and caregivers of Crohn's and UC. Further avenues for research in social support are also recommended.
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- Rebecca K Britt
- a Department of Journalism and Mass Communication , South Dakota State University
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Barnes EL, Kochar B, Long MD, Martin CF, Crockett SD, Korzenik JR, Kappelman MD. The Burden of Hospital Readmissions among Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr 2017; 191:184-189.e1. [PMID: 29037795 PMCID: PMC5792080 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the burden and predictors of hospital readmissions among pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease using the Nationwide Readmissions Database. STUDY DESIGN We performed a retrospective cohort study using 2013 Nationwide Readmissions Database. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes were used to identify patients <18 years with diagnoses of ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD). Demographic factors and details of hospitalizations were evaluated using survey procedures in SAS v 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina). Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate ORs and 95% CIs of readmission. RESULTS Among 2733 hospitalizations (63% CD, 37% UC), 611 (22%) patients were readmitted within 90 days of the index hospitalization. Readmission resulted in weighted estimates of 11 440 excess days of hospitalization and total charges of over $107 million. For CD, male sex (aOR 1.36, 95% CI 1.03-1.81) and co-existing anxiety or depression (aOR 1.89, 95% CI 1.06-3.40) were associated with increased readmissions, while patients who underwent surgery had decreased readmissions (aOR 0.40, 95% CI 0.24-0.65). In patients with UC, an index admission of >7 days was associated with increased readmissions (aOR 1.69, 95% CI 1.09-2.62). CONCLUSIONS Readmission occurs frequently in children with inflammatory bowel disease and is associated with significant cost and resource burdens. Among patients with CD, psychiatric comorbidities such as anxiety and depression are apparent drivers of readmission.
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- Edward L Barnes
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Chapel Hill, NC; Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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McMullan C, Pinkney TD, Jones LL, Magill L, Nepogodiev D, Pathmakanthan S, Cooney R, Mathers JM. Adapting to ulcerative colitis to try to live a 'normal' life: a qualitative study of patients' experiences in the Midlands region of England. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e017544. [PMID: 28827271 PMCID: PMC5724065 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To provide a framework that is able to categorise whether patients are able to adapt to and lead a 'normal' life with ulcerative colitis (UC) and to detail the factors that influence this. DESIGN Qualitative research study using in-depth semi-structured interviews. SETTING Four clinical sites in the West and East Midlands regions of England. PARTICIPANTS 28 adult patients diagnosed with UC for years between 1 and 22. RESULTS Medication was rarely sufficient for patients to adapt to UC and live as 'normal' a life as possible. Virtually all patients tested and adopted non-medical adaptation methods to improve physical and psychological well-being, to help them carry on working and to prevent embarrassment. In addition, some patients benefited from outside support providing them with practical, emotional and/or financial help. In conjunction with adaptation strategies and the time to adapt, this meant that some patients with severe clinical disease were able to maintain a sense of normality in life. Patients reported that clinicians were not always receptive to discussion of the broader context of life with UC. CONCLUSIONS Patients' experience of UC and their ability to adapt in order to maintain a sense of normality in life is a complex interplay of symptoms, adaptation strategies and outside support. Over time patients test out a variety of non-medical adaptation strategies. Awareness of this may help clinicians and researchers to understand patients' views on the role of medical and other therapies. Further research around the utility of this framework in clinical practice and research is now required. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ISRCTN56523019, results.
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- Christel McMullan
- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Academic Department of Surgery, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Academic Department of Surgery, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Argyriou K, Kapsoritakis A, Oikonomou K, Manolakis A, Tsakiridou E, Potamianos S. Disability in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Correlations with Quality of Life and Patient's Characteristics. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017; 2017:6138105. [PMID: 28634576 PMCID: PMC5467285 DOI: 10.1155/2017/6138105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2017] [Revised: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel diseases may cause significant disability. However, little is known regarding the life domains where patients encounter most limitations. OBJECTIVES To assess patients' overall disability and determine the life domains where most restrictions were applied. Secondarily, we sought for possible relationships among disability, quality of life (HRQoL), and population characteristics. METHOD The study lasted for two years (2013-2015) and included 200 patients [52% ulcerative colitis (UC)] from a referral centre. Disability was evaluated using the 36-item version of WHODAS 2.0 questionnaire. The influence of population characteristics on overall disability was assessed with linear regression. RESULTS Crohn's disease (CD) patients showed greater overall disability compared to UC (19.22 versus 15.01, p = 0.001), with higher scores in the domains of relationships, life activities, and participation. Disability was negatively associated with HRQoL (p < 0.001). Long activity, extensive disease, rural residence, and employment independently influenced the overall disability in both groups. Additionally, significant influence was recorded for lower education in the UC and for operation and celibacy in the CD group. CONCLUSIONS CD patients were facing more limitations compared to those with UC, especially in the domains of relationships, activities, and participation. Other than clinical factors, sociodemographic characteristics were also associated with increased disability.
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- Konstantinos Argyriou
- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, Mezourlo 1, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, Mezourlo 1, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, Mezourlo 1, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, Mezourlo 1, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, Mezourlo 1, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Larissa, Mezourlo 1, 41110 Larissa, Greece
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Park SK, Ko BM, Goong HJ, Seo JY, Lee SH, Baek HL, Lee MS, Park DI. Short health scale: A valid measure of health-related quality of life in Korean-speaking patients with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23:3530-3537. [PMID: 28596689 PMCID: PMC5442089 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i19.3530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To evaluate the short health scale (SHS), a new, simple, four-part visual analogue scale questionnaire that is designed to assess the impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), in Korean-speaking patients with IBD.
METHODS The SHS was completed by 256 patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Individual SHS items were correlated with inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (IBDQ) dimensions and with disease activity to assess validity. Test-retest reliability, responsiveness and patient or disease characteristics with probable association with high SHS scores were analyzed.
RESULTS Of 256 patients with IBD, 139 (54.3%) had UC and 117 (45.7%) had CD. The correlation coefficients between SHS questions about “symptom burden”, “activities of daily living”, and “disease-related worry” and their corresponding dimensions in the IBDQ ranged from 0.62 to 0.71, compared with correlation coefficients ranging from -0.45 to -0.61 for their non-corresponding dimensions. There was a stepwise increase in SHS scores, with increasing disease activity in both CD and UC (all P values < 0.001). Reliability was confirmed with test-retest correlations ranging from 0.68 to 0.90 (all P values < 0.001). Responsiveness was confirmed with the patients who remained in remission. Their SHS scores remained unchanged, except for the SHS dimension “disease-related worry”. In the multivariate analysis, female sex was associated with worse “general well-being” (OR = 2.28, 95%CI: 1.02-5.08) along with worse disease activity.
CONCLUSION The SHS is a valid and reliable measure of HRQOL in Korean-speaking patients with IBD.
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Restorative proctocolectomy with ileo-pouch-anal anastomosis is the standard procedure for ulcerative colitis. It provides complete removal of the diseased colorectum, avoids permanent ileostomy and allows the preservation of continence. Functional results and quality of life after restorative proctocolectomy are of great importance. Patients usually have 5-6 bowel movements per day, and continence is satisfactory in more than 90% of patients. A good pouch function strongly correlates with high quality of life. Postoperative septic complications are the main risk factor for bad pouch function and pouch failure; therefore nowadays most procedures are performed with a covering ileostomy. Quality of life is usually impaired by active ulcerative colitis, and restorative proctocolectomy improves the quality of life up to the level of a healthy reference population. Taken together, restorative proctocolectomy provides excellent results concerning function and quality of life.
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- E Rijcken
- Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster (UKM), Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude W1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster (UKM), Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude W1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster (UKM), Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude W1, 48149, Münster, Deutschland
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Takahara I, Takeshima F, Ichikawa T, Matsuzaki T, Shibata H, Miuma S, Akazawa Y, Miyaaki H, Taura N, Nakao K. Prevalence of Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dig Dis Sci 2017; 62:761-767. [PMID: 28035549 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-016-4420-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM There has been increased interest in sleep disorders in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Studies in North America and Europe reported that the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) is much higher in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) than in the general population. The aim of this study was to reveal the prevalence and clinical features of RLS in Japanese patients with IBD and investigate the influence of RLS on sleep quality and quality of life (QOL). METHODS The study included 80 outpatients with IBD who visited Nagasaki University Hospital between December 2012 and July 2014. All patients completed the international RLS study group rating scale, a validated measure of the presence of RLS. Sleep quality was assessed using the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and health-related QOL was assessed using the Japanese version of the 36-item short form healthy profile (SF-36) version 2. RESULTS The prevalence of RLS in patients with IBD was 20%, including rates of 21.7% in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 17.6% in patients with CD. Among patients with CD, the proportion of women and serum level of CRP were higher in the RLS group than in the non-RLS group. Among those with UC, there were no differences in clinical characteristics between the RLS and non-RLS groups. Patients in the RLS group slept significantly less well than those in the non-RLS group (PSQI > 5; 62.5 vs. 34.4%, P < 0.05). No significant relationships were observed between QOL indices and the presence of RLS (SF-36 physical score, 46.8 vs. 50.1; mental score, 43.8 vs. 45.7; role/social score, 48.1 vs. 49.2). CONCLUSIONS RLS occurs frequently in Japanese patients with UC as well as CD. RLS affects sleep quality but not QOL, and it should be considered one of the causes of sleep disturbance in patients with IBD.
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- Ikuko Takahara
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki Harbor Medical Center City Hospital, Nagasaki City, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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Chouliaras G, Margoni D, Dimakou K, Fessatou S, Panayiotou I, Roma-Giannikou E. Disease impact on the quality of life of children with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23:1067-1075. [PMID: 28246481 PMCID: PMC5311096 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i6.1067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Revised: 11/16/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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To assess the impact of disease characteristics on the quality of life (QOL) in children with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the First Department of Pediatrics of the University of Athens at the “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital. Children diagnosed with Crohn’s disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC), who were followed as outpatients or during a hospitalization, participated, after informed consent was obtained from their legal representative. QOL was assessed by the IMPACT-III questionnaire. Demographic data and disease characteristics were also collected. Statistical analyses included parametric (Student’s t-test and Pearson’s r) and non-parametric (Mann-Whitney test, Fisher’s test and Spearman’s rho) procedures.
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Ninety-nine patients (UC: 37, 73.0% females, CD: 62, 51.6% females), aged 12.8 ± 2.6 years were included. Overall, as well as, sub-domain scores did not differ between UC and CD (overall score: 73.9 ± 13.3 vs 77.5 ± 11.2, respectively, P = 0.16). In the entire sample, total score was related to physician’s global assessment (PGA, patients classified as “mild/moderate” active disease had, on average, 14.8 ± 2.7 points lower total scores compared to those “in remission”, P < 0.001) and age at IMPACT completion (Pearson’s r = 0.29, P = 0.05). Disease activity assessed by the indices Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis activity index, Pediatric Crohn’s disease activity index or PGA was significantly associated with all subdomains scores. Presence of extraintestinal manifestations had a negative impact on emotional and social functioning domains.
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Disease activity is the main correlate of QOL in children with IBD, underlining the importance of achieving and sustaining clinical remission
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BACKGROUND The burden of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the older population is increasing. Older-onset disease is associated with reduced use of immunosuppressive medications. In addition, older patients may be more vulnerable to the effect of disease-related symptoms and consequently may experience worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL) compared with younger patients. METHODS This prospective study included a cohort of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis recruited from a single center. All patients completed the Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (SIBDQ) and the short form-12 (SF-12) questionnaire yielding general physical health (PCS) and mental health component scale subscores (MCS). Patients older than 60 years were compared with those younger than 60 years using multivariable regression analysis. RESULTS Our study included 1607 patients, among whom 186 were older than 60 at the time of assessment. Older patients were more likely to have isolated colonic disease and less likely to use immunosuppressive therapy. On multivariable analysis, older patients with IBD had higher SIBDQ (2.34, 95% confidence interval, 0.82-3.87) and SF-12 mental subscores (3.78, 95% confidence interval, 2.26-5.30), but lower physical HRQoL (-1.80, 95% confidence interval, -3.21 to -0.38). There was no difference in the SIBDQ and PCS scores between older patients and newly diagnosed IBD or with established disease. CONCLUSIONS Older age was associated with modestly higher SIBDQ and mental HRQoL scores, but lower physical HRQoL. Comprehensive care of the older patient with IBD should include assessment of factors impairing physical quality of life to ensure appropriate interventions.
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- Gabriella Velonias
- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School
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Peixoto A, Silva M, Vilas-Boas F, Macedo G. All that glitters is not gold. A different cause for an "ulcerative colitis". Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2017; 109:64-65. [PMID: 28100059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The authors present the case of a 32-year-old Caucasian male, engineer, who was submitted to a colonoscopy after a presumptive diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. The patient referred an acute bloody and mucous diarrhea, lasting for three weeks, with no fever or rectal tenesmus. Stool studies were negative. During the procedure, colonic segments with continuous hyperemic and exudative mucosa, with small papules with apical ulcers and erosions, were observed.
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- Gastroenterology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Portugal
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Olsen IØ, Jensen S, Larsen L, Sørensen EE. Adolescents' Lived Experiences While Hospitalized After Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis. Gastroenterol Nurs 2016; 39:287-96. [PMID: 26425861 PMCID: PMC4969068 DOI: 10.1097/sga.0000000000000154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Adolescents are in a transitional phase of life characterized by major physical, emotional, and psychological challenges. Living with ulcerative colitis is experienced as a reduction of their life quality. Initial treatment of ulcerative colitis is medical, but surgery may be necessary when medical treatment ceases to have an effect. No research-based studies of adolescents' experience of the hospital period after surgery for ulcerative colitis exist. The objective of the study was to identify and describe adolescents' lived experiences while hospitalized after surgery for ulcerative colitis. This qualitative study was based on interviews with eight adolescents. Analysis and interpretation were based on a hermeneutic interpretation of meaning. Three themes were identified: Body: Out of order; Seen and understood; and Where are all the others? The adolescents experience a postoperative period characterized by physical and mental impairment. Being mentally unprepared for such challenges, they shun communication and interaction. The findings demonstrate the importance of individualized nursing care on the basis of the adolescent's age, maturity, and individual needs. Further study of adolescent patients' hospital stay, focusing on the implications of being young and ill at the same time, is needed.
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- Ida Østrup Olsen
- Correspondence to: Ida Østrup Olsen, MScN, RN, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark ()
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- Ida Østrup Olsen, MScN, RN, is Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Susanne Jensen, SD, RN, is Clinical Teaching Nurse, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Lene Larsen, RN, is Clinical Nurse, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Erik Elgaard Sørensen, PhD, MScN, RN, is Head of Research, Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg Hospital Science and Innovation Center, Aalborg University Hospital; and Associate Professor, Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Ida Østrup Olsen, MScN, RN, is Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Susanne Jensen, SD, RN, is Clinical Teaching Nurse, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Lene Larsen, RN, is Clinical Nurse, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Erik Elgaard Sørensen, PhD, MScN, RN, is Head of Research, Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg Hospital Science and Innovation Center, Aalborg University Hospital; and Associate Professor, Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Ida Østrup Olsen, MScN, RN, is Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Susanne Jensen, SD, RN, is Clinical Teaching Nurse, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Lene Larsen, RN, is Clinical Nurse, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
- Erik Elgaard Sørensen, PhD, MScN, RN, is Head of Research, Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg Hospital Science and Innovation Center, Aalborg University Hospital; and Associate Professor, Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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Jelsness-Jørgensen LP, Moum B, Grimstad T, Jahnsen J, Opheim R, Prytz Berset I, Hovde Ø, Torp R, Frigstad SO, Huppertz-Hauss G, Bernklev T. Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of the Brief Pain Inventory in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2016; 2016:5624261. [PMID: 27446848 PMCID: PMC4930809 DOI: 10.1155/2016/5624261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Background and Aims. No patient-reported outcome measures targeting pain have yet been validated for use in IBD patients. Consequently, the aim of this study was to test the psychometrical properties of the brief pain inventory (BPI) in an outpatient population with IBD. Methods. Participants were recruited from nine hospitals in the southeastern and western parts of Norway. Clinical and sociodemographic data were collected, and participants completed the BPI, as well as the Short-Form 36 (SF-36). Results. In total, 410 patients were included. The BPI displayed high correlations with the bodily pain dimension of the SF-36, as well as moderate correlations with disease activity indices. The BPI also displayed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha value of 0.91, regardless of diagnosis) and good to excellent test-retest values (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) 0.84-0.90 and Kappa values > .70). In UC, calculation of responsiveness revealed that only BPI interference in patients reporting improvement reached the threshold of 0.2. In CD, Cohen's d ranged from 0.26 to 0.68. Conclusions. The BPI may serve as an important supplement in patient-reported outcome measurement in IBD. There is need to confirm responsiveness in future studies. Moreover, responsiveness should ideally be investigated using changes in objective markers of inflammation.
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- Lars-Petter Jelsness-Jørgensen
- Health Science, Østfold University College, Postboks 700, 1757 Halden, Norway
- Department of Gastroenterology, Østfold Hospital Trust, Fredrikstad, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4959 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Postboks 1072 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Stavanger University Hospital, Armauer Hansensvei 20, 4011 Stavanger, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Postboks 1072 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Postboks 1000, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4959 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Postboks 1072 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust, 6026 Ålesund, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Postboks 1072 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
- Department of Gastroenterology, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Kyrre Grepps Gate 11, 2819 Gjøvik, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Postboks 104, 2381 Brumunddal, Norway
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Postboks 800, 3004 Drammen, Norway
- Department of Internal Medicine, Østfold Hospital Trust, Postboks 300, 1714 Grålum, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Postboks 1072 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
- O&U, Telemark Hospital Trust, 3710 Skien, Norway
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Gauss A, Geiss T, Hinz U, Schaefert R, Zwickel P, Zawierucha A, Stremmel W, Klute L. Quality of Life Is Related to Fecal Calprotectin Concentrations in Colonic Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, but not in Ileal Crohn Disease. Medicine (Baltimore) 2016; 95:e3477. [PMID: 27100452 PMCID: PMC4845856 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000003477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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To formulate therapy goals, we aimed to define the relationship between fecal calprotectin and health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). This retrospective single-center cross-sectional study included ambulatory IBD patients who had completed standardized questionnaires comprising items of health-related quality of life (Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire) and clinical disease activity scores, and who had provided stool samples for calprotectin determination within 30 days of questionnaire completion. Correlation analyses were performed between the indicated parameters. Post hoc analysis was conducted, taking into account only data from patients with fecal calprotectin concentrations measured within 3 days of questionnaire completion. One hundred ninety-seven patients with Crohn disease and 111 patients with ulcerative colitis were enrolled in the study. Lower fecal calprotectin concentrations were associated with better health-related quality of life. The correlations were weak, but stronger if only fecal calprotectin concentrations measured within 3 days of questionnaire completion were included (results for 3 days; Crohn disease: n = 86, rS = -0.419, P < 0.001; ulcerative colitis: n = 43, rS = -0.432, P = 0.004). In Crohn disease, a significant correlation between fecal calprotectin concentration and health-related quality of life was found in patients with colonic involvement (n = 59, rS = -0.470, P < 0.001), but not in patients with purely ileal disease (n = 27, rS = -0.268, P = 0.18). Correlations between fecal calprotectin concentrations and clinical disease activity were also only weak to moderate. Owing to its moderate correlation with fecal calprotectin concentrations in IBD patients with colonic involvement, health-related quality of life should be used in combination with other markers for IBD management. This is even more important in isolated ileal Crohn disease, where no significant correlation between fecal calprotectin concentration and health-related quality of life was found. Especially for use in research studies, care should be taken to keep the time between clinical evaluation of IBD patients and the determination of fecal calprotectin concentrations as short as possible.
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- Annika Gauss
- From the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (AG, TG, PZ, AZ, WS, LK), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Unit for Documentation and Statistics of the Department of Surgery (UH), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; and Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics (RS), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Pittet V, Vaucher C, Maillard MH, Girardin M, de Saussure P, Burnand B, Rogler G, Michetti P. Information Needs and Concerns of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: What Can We Learn from Participants in a Bilingual Clinical Cohort? PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150620. [PMID: 26939069 PMCID: PMC4777374 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients are confronted with needs and concerns related to their disease. Aim To explore information expectations of patients included in a national bilingual IBD cohort in Switzerland (SIBDC). Methods This is a mixed-methods study, comprising 1) a semi-narrative survey sent to 1506 patients from the SIBDC and 2) two focus groups conducted with 14 patients to explore and assess the relevance of the survey’s findings. Data collected within the framework of the SIBDC was used to characterize survey’s responders. Results 728 patients (48%) replied to the survey: 52.5% females, 56% Crohn’s disease (CD), 87% secondary/tertiary level educated, 70% full/part-time employed. On average, 47% of patients sought for information, regardless of the disease stage; 27% of them were dissatisfied with information received at the time of first symptoms. During flares, 43% were concerned about drugs and therapies; in remission, 57% had concerns on research and developments; 27% searched for information linked to daily disease management. Information-seeking increased when active disease, for CD with high levels of perceived stress (OR = 2.47; p = 0.003), and for all with higher posttraumatic stress symptoms. The focus groups confirmed a perceived lack of information about general functioning, disease course, treatments and their risks, extra-intestinal symptoms and manifestations. Conclusions Information remains insufficient for IBD patients. Lack of information in specific domains can potentially cause stress and hinder detection of symptoms. Better information should be considered as a potentially important component in improving patients’ outcomes in IBD.
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- Valérie Pittet
- Institute of Social & Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Social & Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Social & Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Crohn and Colitis Center, Clinique La Source-Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Bennett AL, Moore D, Bampton PA, Bryant RV, Andrews JM. Outcomes and patients’ perspectives of transition from paediatric to adult care in inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22:2611-2620. [PMID: 26937149 PMCID: PMC4768207 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i8.2611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To describe the disease and psychosocial outcomes of an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) transition cohort and their perspectives.
METHODS: Patients with IBD, aged > 18 years, who had moved from paediatric to adult care within 10 years were identified through IBD databases at three tertiary hospitals. Participants were surveyed regarding demographic and disease specific data and their perspectives on the transition process. Survey response data were compared to contemporaneously recorded information in paediatric service case notes. Data were compared to a similar age cohort who had never received paediatric IBD care and therefore who had not undergone a transition process.
RESULTS: There were 81 returned surveys from 46 transition and 35 non-transition patients. No statistically significant differences were found in disease burden, disease outcomes or adult roles and responsibilities between cohorts. Despite a high prevalence of mood disturbance (35%), there was a very low usage (5%) of psychological services in both cohorts. In the transition cohort, knowledge of their transition plan was reported by only 25/46 patients and the majority (54%) felt they were not strongly prepared. A high rate (78%) of discussion about work/study plans was recorded prior to transition, but a near complete absence of discussion regarding sex (8%), and other adult issues was recorded. Both cohorts agreed that their preferred method of future transition practices (of the options offered) was a shared clinic appointment with all key stakeholders.
CONCLUSION: Transition did not appear to adversely affect disease or psychosocial outcomes. Current transition care processes could be optimised, with better psychosocial preparation and agreed transition plans.
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Keegan D, Byrne K, Cullen G, Doherty GA, Dooley B, Mulcahy HE. The Stressometer: A Simple, Valid, and Responsive Measure of Psychological Stress in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients. J Crohns Colitis 2015. [PMID: 26221000 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjv120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Psychological stress is associated with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD], but the nature of this relationship is complex. At present, there is no simple tool to screen for stress in IBD clinical practice or assess stress repeatedly in longitudinal studies. Our aim was to design a single-question 'stressometer' to rapidly measure stress and validate this in IBD patients. METHODS In all, 304 IBD patients completed a single-question 'stressometer'. This was correlated with stress as measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales [DASS-21], quality of life, and disease activity. Test-retest reliability was assessed in 31 patients who completed the stressometer and the DASS-21 on two occasions 4 weeks apart. RESULTS Stressometer levels correlated with the DASS-21 stress dimension in both Crohn's disease [CD] (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient [rs] 0.54; p < 0.001) and ulcerative colitis [UC] [rs 0.59; p < 0.001]. Stressometer levels were less closely associated with depression and anxiety [rs range 0.36 to 0.49; all p-values < 0.001]. Stressometer scores correlated with all four Short Health Scale quality of life dimensions in both CD and UC [rs range 0.35 to 0.48; all p-values < 0.001] and with disease activity in Crohn's disease [rs 0.46; p < 0.001] and ulcerative colitis [rs 0.20; p = 0.02]. Responsiveness was confirmed with a test-retest correlation of 0.43 [p = 0.02]. CONCLUSIONS The stressometer is a simple, valid, and responsive measure of psychological stress in IBD patients and may be a useful patient-reported outcome measure in future IBD clinical and research assessments.
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- Denise Keegan
- Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent's University Hospital/University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent's University Hospital/University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent's University Hospital/University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent's University Hospital/University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent's University Hospital/University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent's University Hospital/University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Henao MP, Bewtra M, Osterman MT, Aberra FN, Scott FI, Lichtenstein GR, Kraschnewski J, Lewis JD. Measurement of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Symptoms: Reliability of an Abbreviated Approach to Data Collection. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2015; 21:2262-71. [PMID: 26193348 PMCID: PMC4567473 DOI: 10.1097/mib.0000000000000496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and Mayo score for ulcerative colitis (UC) require symptom recall and/or use of a symptom diary. We examined patients' abilities to recall their symptoms and the day-to-day variability of symptoms. METHODS Patients with UC or CD completed a questionnaire including items from the short CDAI (sCDAI) and the 6-point Mayo score. Patients were randomized to receive a follow-up questionnaire testing recall of the bowel symptom items between 1 and 7 days later. In a second study, patients completed a 7-day electronic diary recording their symptoms. sCDAI and 6-point Mayo scores were computed. Analyses estimated daily variability in the indices and misclassification rates when using fewer than 7 days of data. RESULTS 100%, 82%, and 90% of CD participants recalled the same disease activity status (i.e., active versus remission) as reported on the initial survey when the follow-up questionnaire was administered 1 to 2, 3 to 5, and 6 to 8 days later, respectively. Compared with using 7 days of data, when using only day 7 data, 3.7% of patients with CD were misclassified as active or inactive. Disease activity was misclassified in 2.8%, 4.9%, and 3.3% of patients by using the last 2, 3, or 4 days, respectively. Results were similar for patients with UC. CONCLUSIONS Patients with CD and UC demonstrated good recall of bowel symptoms for up to 8 days. Additionally, bowel symptoms have relatively little variability within a 7-day period allowing for accurate computation of the sCDAI and 6-point Mayo score using 1 to 3 days of data.
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- Maria Paula Henao
- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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- Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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Luo H, Li Y, Lyu H, Sheng L, Qian J. [The impact of stress and coping strategies on health-related quality of life in ulcerative colitis]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2015; 54:596-600. [PMID: 26359021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To further understand factors that influence health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC), especially the role of perceived stress and coping modes in Chinese patients with UC. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional study. Patients with UC were recruited from July 2013 to September 2014 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. HRQOL was measured using the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (IBDQ). Perceived stress was measured by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Coping strategy was evaluated using Medical Coping Modes Questionnaire (MCMQ). Demographic data, course of the disease, clinical disease activity, and disease phenotype according to Montreal classification were also collected. Univariate analyses were conducted to determine which variables were associated with HRQOL, and those were statistically significant were entered into a multivariate regression model. RESULTS We recruited 214 patients (response rate 92.2%), whose median age was 37.5 (29.0, 49.3) years old and median course of UC was 4 (2, 9) years. Through univariate analyses, better HRQOL was significantly associated with regular medical visits, lower number of previous relapses and hospitalizations, no steroid use, Montreal E1, lower Mayo scores, clinical remission, less perceived stress and less acceptance strategy use. However, multivariate analyses revealed that perceived stress (OR=1.112, 95% CI 1.058-1.169), acceptance (OR=0.310, 95% CI 0.141-0.685), number of hospitalizations (OR=2.924, 95% CI 1.328-6.437) and clinical activity (OR=5.058, 95% CI 2.312-11.066) were most strongly related to HRQOL. CONCLUSIONS HRQOL of UC patients are not only associated with clinical activity of the disease, but also associated with coping strategy and perceived stress. Further research needs to focus on whether or not relieving stress and guiding patients to cope with ulcerative colitis would improve HRQOL.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Translational Medical Center of Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China;
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Freitas TH, Andreoulakis E, Alves GS, Miranda HLL, Braga LLBC, Hyphantis T, Carvalho AF. Associations of sense of coherence with psychological distress and quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21:6713-6727. [PMID: 26074710 PMCID: PMC4458782 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i21.6713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the relationship between sense of coherence, psychological distress and health related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
METHODS: This cross-sectional study enrolled a consecutive sample of 147 IBD (aged 45.1 ± 14.1 years; 57.1% female) patients recruited from a tertiary gastroenterology service. Sixty-four participants met diagnostic criteria for Crohn’s disease, while eighty-three patients had ulcerative colitis. Socio-demographic data (education, age, race, gender, gross monthly income and marital status), disease-related variables (illness activity, relapse rate in past 2 years, history of surgery and time since diagnosis), sense of coherence (Antonovsky’s SOC scale), psychological distress symptoms (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL; WHOQOL-Bref) were assessed. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed to identify factors that are independently associated with psychological distress and HRQoL in patients with IBD and to provide indications for possible moderating or mediating effects. In addition, formal moderation and mediation analyses (Sobel tests) were performed to confirm potential moderators/mediators of the relationship between SOC, psychological distress symptoms and HRQoL.
RESULTS: Lower SOC scores (std beta= -0.504; P < 0.001), female gender (std beta = 0.176; P = 0.021) and White race (std beta = 0.164; P = 0.033) were independently associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms, while lower levels of SOC (std beta = -0.438; P < 0.001) and higher relapse rate (std beta = 0.161; P = 0.033) were independently associated with more severe anxiety symptoms. A significant interaction between time since diagnosis and SOC was found with regard to the severity of depressive or anxiety symptoms, as the interaction term (time since diagnosis X SOC) had beta coefficients of -0.191 (P = 0.009) and -0.172 (P = 0.026), respectively. Lower levels of anxiety symptoms (std beta = -0.369; P < 0.001), higher levels of SOC (std beta = 0.231; P = 0.016) and non-White race (std beta = -0.229; P = 0.006), i.e., mixed-race, which represented the reference category, were independently associated with higher levels of overall HRQoL. Anxiety symptoms were the most potent independent correlate of most aspects of HRQoL. In addition, anxiety mediated the association between SOC and satisfaction with health, as well as its relationship with physical, mental, and social relations HRQoL. Depressive symptoms also mediated the association between SOC and mental HRQoL.
CONCLUSION: Our data indicated that SOC is an important construct, as it influences psychological distress and has significant albeit indirect effects on several HRQoL domains in IBD.
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Hou JK, Turkeltaub JA, McCarty III TR, El-Serag HB. Assessment of disease specific knowledge and health-related quality of life among United States military veterans with inflammatory bowel disease. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21:6001-6007. [PMID: 26019466 PMCID: PMC4438036 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i19.6001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To evaluate the association between patient disease knowledge of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and health related quality of life (HRQoL) and identify patient and disease related predictors of patient knowledge of IBD.
METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional study of IBD patients with an established diagnosis of IBD longer than 3 mo prior to enrollment. The Crohn’s and colitis knowledge score (CCKNOW) and short inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire (SIBDQ) were self-administered to assess patient knowledge of IBD and HRQoL, respectively. Demographic and disease characteristics were abstracted from the electronic medical record. The correlation between CCKNOW and SIBDQ scores was assessed by a linear regression model. Associations of patient knowledge and the variables of interest were calculated using ANOVA.
RESULTS: A total of 101 patients were recruited. Caucasian race, younger age at diagnosis, and having a college or post-graduate degree were significantly associated with higher CCKNOW scores. Patients with CD had higher CCKNOW scores compared to patients with ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease type unclassified, P < 0.01. There was no significant correlation between overall CCKNOW and SIBDQ scores (r2 = 0.34, P = 0.13). The knowledge sub-domain of diet in CCKNOW was negatively correlated with HRQoL (r2 = 0.69, P < 0.01).
CONCLUSION: IBD diagnosis at a younger age in addition to Caucasian race and higher education were significantly associated with higher knowledge about IBD. However, patient knowledge of IBD was not correlated with HRQoL. Further studies are required to study the effect of patient knowledge of IBD on other clinical outcomes.
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[Professional and private loadable -- despite ulcerative colitis: With Mezavant 1 × daily noticeable therapeutic success ]. Z Gastroenterol 2015; 53:2 p following 523. [PMID: 26167555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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