ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE WITH MILD ACTIVITY AND IN CLINICAL REMISSION.
João Baptista de Paula FragaAlexandre Ferreira OliveiraTarsila Campanha da Rocha RibeiroLucélia Paula Cabral SchmidtGabriela Teixeira da SilvaJúlio Maria Fonseca ChebliPublished in: Arquivos de gastroenterologia (2024)
No statistically significant differences were found between elderly patients with mildly active or quiescent IBD and elderly patients without IBD when observing global QoL scores. However, IBD negatively impacted the general facet of QoL, just as mild activity was associated with lower scores in general health and the physical domain assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF. Patients with IBD treated with biological therapy had better Qol than those on conventional therapy. Future studies are needed to choose the most appropriate tool for assessing QoL in this population.