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Mental Health, Work Presenteeism, and Exercise in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Martina SciberrasKonstantinos KarmirisCatarina NascimentoTrevor TabonePenelope NikolaouAngeliki TheodoropoulouAbigail MulaIdan GorenHenit YanaiHadar AmirGerassimnos J MantzarisTereza GeorgiadiKalliopi FoteinogiannopoulouIoannis KoutroubakisMariangela AlloccaGionata FiorinoFederica FurfaroKonstantinos KatsanosFotios FousekisGeorge MichalopoulosLiberato CamilleriJoana TorresPierre Ellul
Published in: Journal of Crohn's & colitis (2022)
A significant percentage of IBD patients in remission suffer from anxiety and/or depression. Risk factors for these are CD, female gender, use of biologic medications, long-standing and/or perianal disease. Depression/anxiety was associated with a sedentary lifestyle, lower presenteeism at work and unemployment. Validated screening tools and appropriate referrals to psychologists and/or psychiatrists should be employed within IBD clinics.
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