Open AccessDisability and quality of life before and during the COVID-19 outbreak: A cross-sectional study in inflammatory bowel disease patients
Author(s) -
Nahla Azzam,
Abdulrahman Aljebreen,
Arwa Almuhareb,
Majid A Almadi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_175_20
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , ulcerative colitis , quality of life (healthcare) , cross sectional study , pandemic , disease , crohn's disease , cohort , covid-19 , outbreak , pathology , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disorder affecting patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) which adds to their disability. Little is known about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HRQoL of IBD patients. We aimed to evaluate HRQoL in IBD patient's pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic using the IBD-disk questionnaire and explore associations between socio demographic factors, disease types, severity and impaired HRQoL in patients with IBD.