Quality of life in inflammatory bowel diseases: it is not all about the bowel.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and Crohn's disease (CD) are chronic diseases mostly affecting young patients. As they are diseases accompanying patients for their entire life, and the quality of life (QUOL) interacts with disease activity, improving QUOL should be one of the main goals of therapy. This study aims to identify factors contributing to good or impaired QUOL.

Methods

Questionnaires addressing health-related QUOL and other psychological and social features were positioned on our institutions' webpage and on the webpage of the largest self-help group for IBD in Germany. Patients were subdivided according to their QUOL score with a cutoff of <60. We used the Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire, the Assessme

SUBMITTER: Keller R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873402 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature