Diagnostic delay in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Austria

Autor: Pavol Papay, Gerhard Reicht, Gerald Eckhardt, Heimo H. Wenzl, T Haas, H Fuchssteiner, Gottfried Novacek, R. Platzer, Andreas Kirchgatterer, Thomas Waldhör, Johanna Gartner, Wolfgang Miehsler, T Feichtenschlager, P Steiner, Othmar Ludwiczek, Harald Vogelsang, Hans Peter Gröchenig, Clemens Dejaco, Robert Koch, Paul-Gerhard Peters, A Mayer
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 131(5-6)
ISSN: 1613-7671
Popis: Delayed diagnosis seems to be common in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The study was carried out to investigate the diagnostic delay and associated risk factors in Austrian IBD patients. In a multicenter cross-sectional study adult patients with IBD attending 18 Austrian outpatient clinics completed a multi-item questionnaire that recorded medical and socioeconomic characteristics. The study outcome was diagnostic delay defined as the period from symptom onset to diagnosis of IBD. A total of 1286 patients (Crohn’s disease 830, ulcerative colitis 435, inflammatory bowel disease unclassified 21; females 651) with a median age of 40 years (interquartile range 31–52 years) and a median disease duration of 10 years (4–18 years) were analyzed. The median diagnostic delay was 6 months (2–23 months) in Crohn’s disease and 3 months (1–10 months) in ulcerative colitis (p
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