Disability due to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Correlated with Drug Compliance, Disease Activity, and Quality of Life

• Published in: Gut and liver 2017, 11(3), , pp.370-376
• Main Authors: Yoon, Jin Young, Shin, Jeong Eun, Park, Sang Hyoung, Park, Dong Il, Cha, Jae Myung
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; colitis; Colitis, Ulcerative - drug therapy; Colitis, Ulcerative - physiopathology; Colitis, Ulcerative - psychology; Cost of Illness; crohn disease; Crohn Disease - drug therapy; Crohn Disease - physiopathology; Crohn Disease - psychology; disability; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; inflammatory bowel diseases; Male; Medication Adherence; Middle Aged; Original; Quality of Life; Republic of Korea; Severity of Illness Index; Surveys and Questionnaires; ulcerative; Young Adult; 내과학
• ISSN: 1976-2283; 2005-1212
• DOI: 10.5009/gnl16422

The inflammatory bowel disease disability index (IBD-DI) was recently developed for IBD to assess the functional consequences and disease burden. We applied the IBD-DI to a Korean population and identified predictive factors influencing IBD-related disability. Between March and August 2015, 322 consecutive patients with IBD were prospectively recruited. Patients completed the IBD-DI questionnaire and Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Questionnaire (CUCQ-8) for assessing quality of life. We examined the relationships between IBD-DI and disease activity or quality of life and analyzed predictive factors in Korean IBD patients. Enrolled patients completed both questionnaires. Total IBD-DI was correlated with CUCQ-8 scores in both ulcerative colitis (r=0.636, p