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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of IBD Patients
Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients by limiting their access to medical services due to restrictions and the reorganization of the healthcare systems, which affects their quality of life (QoL). We aimed to assess...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9146780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050562 |
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author | Gavrilescu, Otilia Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi Dranga, Mihaela Popa, Iolanda Valentina Mihai, Cătălina |
author_facet | Gavrilescu, Otilia Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi Dranga, Mihaela Popa, Iolanda Valentina Mihai, Cătălina |
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description | Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients by limiting their access to medical services due to restrictions and the reorganization of the healthcare systems, which affects their quality of life (QoL). We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the QoL of patients with IBD. Materials and Methods: We conducted a descriptive observational study, which included 90 adult patients diagnosed with IBD. The study sample consisted of two subgroups: a retrospective-pre-pandemic group (group A) and a prospective-pandemic group (group B). Group A included 45 IBD patients who were evaluated in 2018. Group B included 45 patients with confirmed diagnosis of IBD, evaluated between June and December 2021—the period of the COVID-19 pandemic (prospective), consecutively recruited. All the patients filled in a QoL assessment questionnaire—IBDQ-32. Subsequently, the two samples were comparatively assessed. Results: The average values of the IBDQ scores were significantly lower in 2021 compared to those recorded in 2018: 145.56 vs. 128.3 (p < 0.05). We also we found significant differences between the subscores: IBDQ1 (p = 0.043), IBDQ2 (p = 0.034), IBDQ3 (p = 0.045), IBDQ4 (p = 0.025). Conclusions: IBDQ scores were significantly lower in 2021 compared to 2018 (p < 0.05), showing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with IBD had a more influenced QoL. |
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spelling | pubmed-91467802022-05-29 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of IBD Patients Gavrilescu, Otilia Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi Dranga, Mihaela Popa, Iolanda Valentina Mihai, Cătălina Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients by limiting their access to medical services due to restrictions and the reorganization of the healthcare systems, which affects their quality of life (QoL). We aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the QoL of patients with IBD. Materials and Methods: We conducted a descriptive observational study, which included 90 adult patients diagnosed with IBD. The study sample consisted of two subgroups: a retrospective-pre-pandemic group (group A) and a prospective-pandemic group (group B). Group A included 45 IBD patients who were evaluated in 2018. Group B included 45 patients with confirmed diagnosis of IBD, evaluated between June and December 2021—the period of the COVID-19 pandemic (prospective), consecutively recruited. All the patients filled in a QoL assessment questionnaire—IBDQ-32. Subsequently, the two samples were comparatively assessed. Results: The average values of the IBDQ scores were significantly lower in 2021 compared to those recorded in 2018: 145.56 vs. 128.3 (p < 0.05). We also we found significant differences between the subscores: IBDQ1 (p = 0.043), IBDQ2 (p = 0.034), IBDQ3 (p = 0.045), IBDQ4 (p = 0.025). Conclusions: IBDQ scores were significantly lower in 2021 compared to 2018 (p < 0.05), showing that during the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with IBD had a more influenced QoL. MDPI 2022-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9146780/ /pubmed/35629979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050562 Text en © 2022 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Gavrilescu, Otilia Prelipcean, Cristina Cijevschi Dranga, Mihaela Popa, Iolanda Valentina Mihai, Cătălina Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of IBD Patients |
title | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of IBD Patients |
title_full | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of IBD Patients |
title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of IBD Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of IBD Patients |
title_short | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Quality of Life of IBD Patients |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 pandemic on the quality of life of ibd patients |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9146780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050562 |
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