Sustained improvement in health-related quality of life measures in patients with inflammatory bowel disease receiving prolonged anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy

© 2013 Chinese Medical Association Shanghai Branch, Chinese Society of Gastroenterology, Renji Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd..

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether the effects of prolonged therapy (≥1 year) with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents were sustained on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of patients with IBD who were treated with anti-TNF agents was performed. Results of the validated HRQoL measures (inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire [IBDQ], EuroQoL-5 dimensions [EQ-5D], health status visual analogue scale [VAS] and the Zung self-rating depression scale) were recorded and compared between patients treated with anti-TNF agents for <1 year and ≥1 year.

RESULTS: A total of 41 patients were finally enrolled in the study. Among them, 11 (26.8%) had received anti-TNF therapy for less than one year with a median duration of 7 months (range 3-11 months), while the other 30 (73.2%) had been treated for ≥1 year with a median duration of 42 months (range 12-104 months). Crohn's disease was the most common type in both groups. None of the mean IBDQ, EQ-5D and EQ-5D plus VAS, or Zung self-rating depression scale scores differed significantly between the two groups of patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Improvements in HRQoL for IBD patients on anti-TNF therapy were sustained for longer than one year. HRQoL measures for IBD patients treated with anti-TNF therapy for <1 year do not differ significantly from those treated for ≥1 year, but a trend towards improved HRQoL measures with prolonged therapy can be obtained.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Journal of digestive diseases - 15(2014), 4 vom: 27. Apr., Seite 174-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sherman, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Tsynman, Donald N [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Arora, Jyoti [VerfasserIn]
Pietras, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Messing, Susan [VerfasserIn]
St Hilaire, Lydia [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Decross, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Ashok [VerfasserIn]
Saubermann, Lawrence [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Gastrointestinal Agents
Immunosuppressive Agents
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire
Journal Article
Quality of life
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Tumor necrosis factor

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.11.2014

Date Revised 17.03.2014

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1751-2980.12125

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM233997997