Work-Related Productivity Loss and Associated Indirect Costs in Patients With Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), affects an estimated 1.6 million US adults, and results in humanistic and economic burden even among mild patients, which grows with increasing disease activity.

Methods

Gastroenterologists and their IBD patients provided real-world data via US IBD Disease Specific Programmes 2014-2018. Patients with physician- and patient-reported data completing a Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire were categorized by disease activity, defined using Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CD) and partial Mayo scores (UC), respectively. Associations of disease activity with patient-reported productivity loss and indirect costs were assessed.

Results

The analyses inclu

SUBMITTER: Ding Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9802455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature