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Can duration and severity of chronic bowel disease influence patients' psychosocial functioning?

Disease duration does not increase depression and anxiety in IBD and IBS patients nor does it reduce significantly general and specific QoL. On the other hand, disease severity affects all the above-mentioned variables. Therefore, we may conclude that by controlling disease activity we can improve HRQoL and reduce anxiety and depression in patients/with chronic bowel diseases/although they suffer from a long-lasting chronic bowel disease.

inflammatory bowel disease; irritable bowel syndrome

Rad je kao poster prezentiran i na skupu European bridging meeting in gastroenterology & EAGE postgraduate course, održanom od 18.-20.11.2010.g., Berlin, Njemačka ; uz medjunarodnu recenziju objavljen u Knjizi sažetaka.