The Influence of Depression on Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Zhang CK, Hewett J, Hemming J, Grant T, Zhao H, Abraham C, Oikonomou I, Kanakia M, Cho JH, Proctor DD. The Influence of Depression on Quality of Life in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2013, 19: 1732-1739. PMID: 23669400, PMCID: PMC4623582, DOI: 10.1097/mib.0b013e318281f395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseDisease activity indexHR-QOLCrohn's diseaseUlcerative colitisDisease activityBowel diseaseQuality of lifeActivity indexShort Inflammatory Bowel Disease QuestionnaireDepression InventoryInflammatory bowel disease practiceCrohn's Disease Activity IndexInflammatory Bowel Disease QuestionnairePatients' HR-QOLSeo activity indexBowel Disease QuestionnaireHealth-related qualityPoorer HR-QOLChronic inflammatory disordersPrevalence of depressionBeck Depression Inventory-IIDiagnosis of depressionCross-sectional studyImportance of depression