Association of bowel urgency, disease activity and disability in patients with inflammatory Bowel Disease: A cross-sectional study from the GETAID - PubMed
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- #Patient Disability
- #Bowel Urgency
- #Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Bowel urgency is a distressing symptom in IBD, with severe urgency affecting 17.1% of UC patients and 20.4% of CD patients.
- In UC, severe urgency is linked to poor general well-being and abdominal pain; advanced therapy, remission, and lower fatigue/work/sexual life scores reduce risk.
- In CD, severe urgency is associated with rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, and prior intestinal resection; remission and lower fatigue/work/sexual life scores are protective.
- Severe bowel urgency often persists beyond clinical activity, highlighting its strong tie to multidimensional disability in IBD.
- The study underscores the need for routine assessment of bowel urgency in clinical practice to better address patient disability.