Pain in IBD Patients: Very Frequent and Frequently Insufficiently Taken into Account.
Jonas ZeitzMelike AkSéverine Müller-MottetSylvie ScharlLuc BiedermannNicolas FournierPascal FreiValerie PittetMichael ScharlMichael FriedGerhard RoglerStephan Vavrickanull nullPublished in: PloS one (2016)
Prevalence of pain is high in patients of the SIBDCS. It is a longstanding problem for the majority of the patients affected. Pain was found to be undertreated in the SIBDCS and was significantly associated with health-related quality of life. Thus, an increased awareness is mandatory to address this frequent complication in the course of IBD.