Pregnancy-Related Beliefs and Concerns of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Modified After Accessing e-Health Portal.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Poor inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-specific reproductive knowledge is associated with concerns and medication noncompliance. Having shown an educational portal can improve knowledge, we evaluated its effectiveness for addressing IBD patients' reproductive and medication concerns.

Methods

Adult IBD participants (aged 18 to 45 years) were invited to access an e-health portal providing information on heritability, fertility, surgery, pregnancy outcomes, delivery, postpartum, and breastfeeding in the context of IBD and IBD medications. At pre-, post-, and 6+-month postintervention, participants completed a questionnaire on IBD-specific pregnancy concerns, medication concerns from the Beliefs About Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ), and medication adherence via the Medic

SUBMITTER: Sutton RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7898372 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature