The LUCID study: living with ulcerative colitis; identifying the socioeconomic burden in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease with increasing prevalence worldwide. Current treatment strategies place considerable economic and humanistic burdens on patients. The aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic burden of UC in adult patients in European countries in a real-world setting.

Methods

In this retrospective, cross-sectional and observational pan-European study, patients with moderate or severe UC were assigned to ARM 1 and patients who had moderate or severe UC but achieved mild or remission status 12 months before index date (or clinical consultation date), were assigned to ARM 2. Clinical and medical resource use data were collected via electronic case report forms, and data on non-medical and indirect costs, and healt

SUBMITTER: Ruiz-Casas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8645093 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature