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Impact of Isolation in Patients With IBD During the COVID-19 Crisis

Sponsor: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Summary

The coronavirus pandemic has changed healthcare dramatically in a short time. Individuals with chronic illnesses and services for them have had to adapt and change to deal with requirements for shielding and social isolation to reduce infection risk and management of medication investigation and ongoing review. It is increasingly recognised that the pandemic and the changes to daily life will have had a series of impacts on patients and health care services, including impacts on patients psychological well-being and the opportunity to seek medical care for non-CoViD illness. Psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety and hopelessness is well described in adults and young people with inflammatory bowel disease. Quarantine has also been associated with these psychological symptoms and also post-traumatic stress. It is important to identify the extent of and factors that influence negative psychological consequences of isolation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. This study will aim to assess what impact the isolation of patients during social isolation had in terms of psychological well-being - and what are the factors affecting this impact, particularly in younger and old age groups.

Official title: Impact of Isolation in Patients With IBD During the 2020 COVID-19 Crisis: a Mixed Methods Study

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