Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare and psychosocial well-being of patients with inflammatory bowel disease

 
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare and psychosocial well-being of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (EN)

Theodorou-Kanakari, Anna
Tziatzios, Georgios
Lazaridis, Lazaros Dimitrios
Gkolfakis, Paraskevas
Triantafyllou, Konstantinos

COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to several aspects of gastroenterology healthcare services worldwide. In particular, patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) represent a sensitive population that must retain access to healthcare services to avoid potential disease exacerbation under the continuous threat of viral infection. Emerging evidence also highlights the severe impact on these patients’ mental well-being, leading to a constant cycle of stress/depression and disease activity relapse. In an effort to circumvent these healthcare challenges in a newly-shaped environment, physicians implemented telemedicine consultative care programs as a novel alternative follow-up method highly favored by the patients. The situation is still far from perfect, since a large proportion of patients are lost to follow up and/ or lose adherence to their medication, especially when the exact timeframe or optimal strategy for the post-COVID era remains to be defined. Cancelation of elective endoscopic procedures has led to a significant decline of new IBD diagnoses. This review summarizes the data on the global impact of COVID-19 on IBD patients’ healthcare and their psychosocial status. Keywords COVID-19, inflammatory bowel disease, impact, well-being Ann Gastroenterol 2022; 35 (2): 103-112 (EN)

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Αγγλική γλώσσα

2022-03-21


Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology (EN)

1792-7463
1108-7471
Annals of Gastroenterology; Volume 35, No 2 (2022); 103 (EN)

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