Urgency and Its Association With Quality of Life and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Urgency, the immediate need to defecate, is common in active ulcerative colitis (UC). We investigated the association of urgency in patients with UC with (i) quality of life (QoL) domains and (ii) future hospitalizations, corticosteroid use, and colectomy for UC.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional and subsequent longitudinal study within Inflammatory Bowel Disease Partners, a patient-powered research network. We described associations of levels of urgency in patients with UC with Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System QoL domains. We conducted a longitudinal cohort to determine associations between baseline urgency and subsequent hospitalization, corticosteroid use, or colectomy for UC within 12 months. We used bivariate statistics and logi

SUBMITTER: Sninsky JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9064909 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature