Fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence in adult inflammatory bowel disease patients and the unmet need: a national cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The co-existence of fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence in people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is unknown. We aimed to determine the presence of and relationship between these symptoms and patients' desire for intervention.

Methods

Adults with IBD in the UK, recruited from clinics, the national IBD-BioResource, a patient charity and social media sources, completed PROMIS validated patient-reported questionnaires to identify fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence, in addition to symptom severity and impact, disease activity, anxiety and depression questionnaires and questions about their desire for help with these symptoms. Statistical analysis used descriptive statistics to report presence of symptoms and Pearson correlation coefficients were ca

SUBMITTER: Hart A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11686953 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature