The complexity of evaluating and increasing adherence in inflammatory bowel disease

TY - JOUR

T1 - The complexity of evaluating and increasing adherence in inflammatory bowel disease

AU - Weimers, Petra

AU - Burisch, Johan

AU - Munkholm, Pia

PY - 2017/8

Y1 - 2017/8

N2 - Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), due to their chronic and progressive nature, require lifelong treatment to relief and/or prevent inflammation and symptoms, obtaining mucosal healing at best. Therefore, adherence to treatment is an essential topic to address when treating patients with IBD. Nonetheless, adherence remains a common and complex issue in IBD care. Patient characteristics such as young age, male sex and employment has previously been verified as possible predictors of non-adherence. Additionally, evaluating adherence in itself is a challenge since both accurate and easy-to-use screening tools as well as golden standards are lacking.

AB - Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), due to their chronic and progressive nature, require lifelong treatment to relief and/or prevent inflammation and symptoms, obtaining mucosal healing at best. Therefore, adherence to treatment is an essential topic to address when treating patients with IBD. Nonetheless, adherence remains a common and complex issue in IBD care. Patient characteristics such as young age, male sex and employment has previously been verified as possible predictors of non-adherence. Additionally, evaluating adherence in itself is a challenge since both accurate and easy-to-use screening tools as well as golden standards are lacking.

U2 - 10.17235/reed.2017.5143/2017

DO - 10.17235/reed.2017.5143/2017

M3 - Editorial

C2 - 28724305

SN - 1130-0108

VL - 109

SP - 539

EP - 541

JO - Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

JF - Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

IS - 8

ER -