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Differences in the Quality of Life of Patients Recently Diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic diseases, encompassing Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). An IBD diagnosis has an impact on the quality of life of patients; this impact can be different according to the type of disease. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the differen...

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Autores principales: Bernabéu Juan, Purificación, Cabezos Sirvent, Paula, Sempere Robles, Laura, van-der Hofstadt Gomis, Ana, Rodríguez Marín, Jesús, van-der Hofstadt Román, Carlos J.
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37623162
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166576
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author Bernabéu Juan, Purificación
Cabezos Sirvent, Paula
Sempere Robles, Laura
van-der Hofstadt Gomis, Ana
Rodríguez Marín, Jesús
van-der Hofstadt Román, Carlos J.
author_facet Bernabéu Juan, Purificación
Cabezos Sirvent, Paula
Sempere Robles, Laura
van-der Hofstadt Gomis, Ana
Rodríguez Marín, Jesús
van-der Hofstadt Román, Carlos J.
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description Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic diseases, encompassing Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). An IBD diagnosis has an impact on the quality of life of patients; this impact can be different according to the type of disease. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the differences in the impact on quality of life in the early stages after diagnosis in patients with CD and UC. Patients and methods: This was an observational, multi-center, and cross-sectional study, with the participation of 156 patients recently diagnosed with IBD (<6 months) from 4 hospitals from the Health Council of the Valencian Community. The patients were assessed through the use of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ-32), which measures the quality of life when living with IBD. Results: The sample was composed of 80 patients with CD (51.0%) and 76 patients with a UC diagnosis. The mean age was 42.3 ± 16.2. The CD patients were more affected (42.5%) in their general quality of life than the UC patients (17.1%) (p = 0.001). In the dimensions of the IBDQ-32, the patients with CD showed significant differences in the systemic, emotional, and social spheres. The bowel dimension scores were similar in both groups. Conclusions: The patients who were recently diagnosed with CD were more affected regarding their quality of life as compared to those who were diagnosed with UC. Psychological care must be considered to mitigate the impact of an IBD diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-104540082023-08-26 Differences in the Quality of Life of Patients Recently Diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Bernabéu Juan, Purificación Cabezos Sirvent, Paula Sempere Robles, Laura van-der Hofstadt Gomis, Ana Rodríguez Marín, Jesús van-der Hofstadt Román, Carlos J. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic diseases, encompassing Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). An IBD diagnosis has an impact on the quality of life of patients; this impact can be different according to the type of disease. Objective: This study aimed to analyze the differences in the impact on quality of life in the early stages after diagnosis in patients with CD and UC. Patients and methods: This was an observational, multi-center, and cross-sectional study, with the participation of 156 patients recently diagnosed with IBD (<6 months) from 4 hospitals from the Health Council of the Valencian Community. The patients were assessed through the use of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ-32), which measures the quality of life when living with IBD. Results: The sample was composed of 80 patients with CD (51.0%) and 76 patients with a UC diagnosis. The mean age was 42.3 ± 16.2. The CD patients were more affected (42.5%) in their general quality of life than the UC patients (17.1%) (p = 0.001). In the dimensions of the IBDQ-32, the patients with CD showed significant differences in the systemic, emotional, and social spheres. The bowel dimension scores were similar in both groups. Conclusions: The patients who were recently diagnosed with CD were more affected regarding their quality of life as compared to those who were diagnosed with UC. Psychological care must be considered to mitigate the impact of an IBD diagnosis. MDPI 2023-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10454008/ /pubmed/37623162 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166576 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sempere Robles, Laura
van-der Hofstadt Gomis, Ana
Rodríguez Marín, Jesús
van-der Hofstadt Román, Carlos J.
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title_short Differences in the Quality of Life of Patients Recently Diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
title_sort differences in the quality of life of patients recently diagnosed with crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37623162
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20166576
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