RT Journal Article
T1 Knowledge of disease and access to a specialist reported by Spanish patients with ulcerative colitis. UC-LIFE survey
A1 Arguclles-Arias, Federico
A1 Carpio, Daniel
A1 Calvet, Xavier
A1 Romero, Cristina
A1 Cea-Calvo, Luis
A1 Julia, Berta
A1 Lopez-Sanroman, Antonio
K1 Ulcerative colitis
K1 Self-management
K1 Information sources
K1 Knowledge of disease
K1 Access to physician
K1 Inflammatory-bowel-disease
K1 Quality-of-life
K1 Self-management
K1 Predictors
K1 Crohns
K1 Impact
AB Background and aim: Education of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) about their disease and access to a specialist are important to improve health outcomes. Our objective was to determine, by collecting information directly from the patients, their information sources and knowledge of the disease, and the options for access to the gastroenterologist.Methods: The information was collected using a printed survey handed out by 39 gastroenterologists to 15 consecutive adult patients with UC. Patients answered anonymously from their home. The responses were stratified by hospital size (> 900; 500900;  900; 500900;
PB Aran ediciones, s a
SN 1130-0108
YR 2017
FD 2017-01-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19409
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19409
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 19, 2025