The impact of disease activity on psychological symptoms and quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease-results from the Stress, Anxiety and Depression with Disease Activity (SADD) Study.

Thomas C MulesAkhilesh SwaminathanEsther HirschfeldGrace BorichevskyChris FramptonAndrew Stewart Day Richard Blair Gearry

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2021)

Objective measures of disease activity are not associated with symptoms of psychological illness in patients with IBD. Clinicians should consider underlying mental illness in patients with IBD with active gastrointestinal symptoms.

Keyphrases

disease activity
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
mental illness
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
sleep quality
patients with inflammatory bowel disease
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
mental health
palliative care
depressive symptoms
heat stress
stress induced