Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged between 18 and 65 years. * Patients diagnosed with IBD for at least six months. * Ability to understand and provide signed informed consent. * Patients with IBD and a prior diagnosis of axial/peripheral spondyloarthritis without objective evidence of joint inflammation (clinical and/or instrumental, as per rheumatological assessment), but with persistent musculoskeletal pain (VAS scale score \>50/100 in the last week; HAQ-DI score \>0.5; FACIT Fatigue Scale score ≥40; NPS score \>1) Or • Patients with IBD and musculoskeletal pain who do not meet the criteria for the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis or other inflammatory arthritis (as per rheumatological assessment), but with persistent musculoskeletal pain (VAS scale score \>5/10 in the last week; HAQ-DI score \>0.5; FACIT Fatigue Scale score ≥40; NPS score \>1). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under 18 or over 65 years of age. * Patients affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Unclassified (IBD-U). * Inability to provide informed consent. * Refusal to provide informed consent. * Presence of severe language deficits. * Patients diagnosed with axial/peripheral spondyloarthritis with objective evidence of joint inflammation (clinical and/or instrumental, as per rheumatological assessment). * Patients with other comorbidities that may invalidate rheumatological evaluation (Substance Use Disorder, Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders, Diabetes Mellitus, other rheumatological diseases).