Gastrointestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease care: Patient perceptions and impact on disease-related knowledge.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Objective monitoring of disease activity is integral to therapeutic decision-making in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Data are sparse on patients' perspectives of tools used to monitor disease activity in IBD. To evaluate patients' perspectives of gastrointestinal ultrasound (GIUS) performed during routine IBD clinical care, along with its impact on IBD-specific knowledge.

Methods

Patients with a formal diagnosis of IBD who underwent GIUS at two tertiary IBD services between March 2017 and January 2019 participated in this prospective study. Participants completed a questionnaire measuring the acceptability, tolerability, and usefulness of GIUS using a visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 (disagree) to 10 (strongly agree). Comparative acceptability of IBD

SUBMITTER: Rajagopalan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7144798 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature