Prevalence and Factors Associated With Fecal Urgency Among Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease in the Study of a Prospective Adult Research Cohort With Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), this research examined the following: prevalence of fecal urgency (hereafter urgency), association of urgency with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) symptoms and fecal calprotectin, and association between well-being and urgency.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study from the Study of a Prospective Adult Research Cohort with IBD, urgency was categorized as none, mild, and moderate-severe. We examined the prevalence of urgency, association of urgency with IBD symptoms and fecal calprotectin (in a subset) using multinomial logistic regression, and association of well-being (not feeling well vs generally well) with urgency using logistic regression.

Results

Among 576 UC patients, 31.4% reported

SUBMITTER: Dawwas GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9902261 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature