IBD-PODCAST Spain: A Close Look at Current Daily Clinical Practice in IBD Management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that contributes in part to irreversible bowel damage and long-term complications, reduced quality of life, invalidity, and economic burden. Suboptimal control of IBD is associated with higher healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), impaired quality of life (QoL), and reduced work productivity.

Aims

The IBD-PODCAST study aimed to assess the proportion of IBD patients with suboptimal control and its associated impact.

Methods

IBD-PODCAST is a cross-sectional, multicenter study that aimed to characterize the CD and UC population with optimal or suboptimal control according to the STRIDE-II criteria and patient- and physician-reported measures. Here we present the results of

SUBMITTER: Vega P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10960747 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature