Patients' attitudes to disease prevention in inflammatory bowel disease: a US-based survey.

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Authors

Mary Harkins-Schwarz · Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

Catarina Bravo · Hospital Beatriz Ângelo

Manasi Agarawal · Aalborg University

Jean Frederic Colombel · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ryan Ungaro · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Laura Wingate · Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

Joana Torres ·

Abstract

Most people affected by IBD in the United States agree with taking proactive measures to prevent IBD. A lifestyle intervention (diet, exercise) is favored over a pharmaceutical approach by these respondents. Relationship to IBD did not influence the magnitude of the agreement.

Topics & Keywords

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Microscopic Colitis Gastrointestinal motility and disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PubMed

Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. otag004-otag004

DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otag004

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