Prescribed cumulative dosage of corticosteroids to patients with inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed between 2006 and 2020: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatments and strategies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have gradually evolved in the 2000s.

Objectives

We investigated whether the prescription of corticosteroids (prednisolone and budesonide) in patients with IBD in the first 5 years after diagnosis changed in patients diagnosed between 2006 and 2018.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Methods

The cumulative prescribed dosage of corticosteroids for the first 5 years after diagnosis was registered in all patients with IBD (n = 386) at our clinic for those diagnosed between 2006 and 2018.

Results

The proportion of patients with IBD who were prescribed at least one prescription of corticosteroids in year 1-5 after diagnosis was 55.3%, 27.9%, 22.7%, 14.1%, and 14.6%, respect

SUBMITTER: Iiristo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11472373 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature