Mucosal healing restores normal health and quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
F Casellas, MB de Acosta, M Iglesias… - European journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a debilitating immune disorder that impairs
function and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). A goal of IBD treatment is mucosal
healing, but it is not known whether it achieves normalization of the patients' perception of
health. This can be assessed by using a cut-off scoring threshold of the Inflammatory Bowel
Disease Questonnaire-36 (IBDQ-36). Aims To determine whether patients with Crohn's
disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) in clinical remission and with mucosal healing …
function and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). A goal of IBD treatment is mucosal
healing, but it is not known whether it achieves normalization of the patients' perception of
health. This can be assessed by using a cut-off scoring threshold of the Inflammatory Bowel
Disease Questonnaire-36 (IBDQ-36). Aims To determine whether patients with Crohn's
disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) in clinical remission and with mucosal healing …