Evaluation of the Symptoms and Clinical Characteristics of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis That Affect Healthcare Providers' Treatment Choices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment of inflammatory bowel disease-Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)-is dependent on healthcare providers' (HCPs') clinical assessment of patient symptoms. We therefore evaluated which CD and UC symptoms impact HCPs' treatment choices and assessed the impact of those symptoms on treatment decision-making. We also examined the role of complete control (mucosal/histologic healing, clinical remission, no bowel urgency) in treatment decision-making, considerations for dose escalation or switching treatments, and HCPs' willingness to use the Urgency Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) to assess bowel urgency severity.

Methods

We conducted an observational, cross-sectional, self-administered survey among HCPs (N = 459, across types/specialties) who wor

SUBMITTER: Hunter Gibble T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11471961 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature