Differences in Outcomes Reported by Patients With  Inflammatory Bowel Diseases vs Their Health Care Professionals

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) scoring systems combine patient-reported data with physicians ’ observations to determine patient outcomes, but these systems are believed to have limitations. We used real-world data from a large IBD cohort in Switzerland to compare results between patients and healthcare professionals from scoring systems for Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis ( UC).

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - November 21, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Val érie Pittet, Michel H. Maillard, Thomas Simonson, Nicolas Fournier, Gerhard Rogler, Pierre Michetti Source Type: research