Quality of life in patients with IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands

Quality of life in patients with IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands

ObjectiveCOVID-19 has put a strain on regular healthcare worldwide. For inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), gastrointestinal surgeries were postponed and changes in treatment and diagnostic procedures were made. As abrupt changes in treatment regimens may result in an increased morbidity and consequen...

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Published in:BMJ open gastroenterology Vol. 8; no. 1; p. e000670
Main Authors: de Bock, Ellen, Filipe, Mando D, Meij, Vincent, Oldenburg, Bas, van Schaik, Fiona D M, Bastian, Okan W, Fidder, Herma F, Vriens, Menno R, Richir, Milan C
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 02-07-2021
BMJ Publishing Group
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Disease transmission
Female
Health surveys
Humans
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - physiopathology
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - psychology
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - surgery
Male
Mental health
Middle Aged
Netherlands - epidemiology
Pandemics
Patient Health Questionnaire
Patients
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
SARS-CoV-2
Sex Factors
Social research
Surgery
Time-to-Treatment
Young Adult
Netherlands
COVID-19
quality of life
inflammatory bowel disease
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Summary:ObjectiveCOVID-19 has put a strain on regular healthcare worldwide. For inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), gastrointestinal surgeries were postponed and changes in treatment and diagnostic procedures were made. As abrupt changes in treatment regimens may result in an increased morbidity and consequent well-being of patients with IBD, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with IBD.DesignAll patients with IBD who completed both Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) and 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire between 31 August and 13 September 2020 were included in our cohort study. The primary end point was to determine the HRQoL in patients with IBD, measured by the IBDQ and SF-36 questionnaire. The secondary end point was determining which factors influence the HRQoL in patients with IBD.Results582 patients with IBD filled in the IBDQ and SF-36 questionnaire. The HRQoL in our study population was low according to the questionnaires on both physical and mental subscales. In addition, multivariate analysis showed that increased age, female sex and patients who underwent surgery had a significantly lower HRQoL, most frequently on the physical domains in both questionnaires.ConclusionPatients with IBD had an overall low HRQoL during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, older patients, women and patients who underwent surgical procedures had the lowest physical HRQoL.
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ISSN:2054-4774
2054-4774
DOI:10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000670