bowel disease (IBD). Aims: This study explored the practical difficulties and needs for professional updating of Italian IBD physicians. Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to 600 physicians attending IG-IBD meetings. Results: 280 physicians completed the questionnaire (46.7%). On a 5-point Likert scale (from 1, strongly disagree to 5, strongly agree), they identified the most problematic issues in managing IBD patients as increasing bureaucracy (3.9), lack of extra-gastroenterological IBD expertise (3.4), lack of diagnostic techniques (3.1) and budget limitations (2.9). The most lacking techniques, ranked from 1 (greatest need) to 9 (lowest need), were: anti-drug antibody and trough level assays (2.7), device-assisted enteroscopy (3.1), exploration under anaesthesia (3.2), MR enterography (3.2), and bowel ultrasonography (3.3). About professional updating, respondents indicated (on a 5-point Likert scale) that helpful topics were practical medicine (4.3), managing difficult patients (4.1), and guidelines (4.0). The most desired modality for updating was residential courses on clinical practice (4.3). Conclusion: Several factors potentially limit the best management of IBD patients in Italy. Satisfying these unmet needs could improve care for IBD patients.
Unmet needs of Italian physicians managing patients with inflammatory bowel disease / Cristina Bezzio, Nicola Imperatore, Alessandro Armuzzi, Fernando Rizzello, Gianpiero Manes, Fabrizio Bossa, Emma Calabrese, Flavio Caprioli, Marco Daperno, Filippo Mocciaro, Ambrogio Orlando, Claudio Papi, Antonio Rispo, Simone Saibeni. - In: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 1590-8658. - STAMPA. - 51:(2019), pp. 212-217. [10.1016/j.dld.2018.07.041]
Unmet needs of Italian physicians managing patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Fernando RizzelloWriting – Original Draft Preparation
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2019
Abstract
bowel disease (IBD). Aims: This study explored the practical difficulties and needs for professional updating of Italian IBD physicians. Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to 600 physicians attending IG-IBD meetings. Results: 280 physicians completed the questionnaire (46.7%). On a 5-point Likert scale (from 1, strongly disagree to 5, strongly agree), they identified the most problematic issues in managing IBD patients as increasing bureaucracy (3.9), lack of extra-gastroenterological IBD expertise (3.4), lack of diagnostic techniques (3.1) and budget limitations (2.9). The most lacking techniques, ranked from 1 (greatest need) to 9 (lowest need), were: anti-drug antibody and trough level assays (2.7), device-assisted enteroscopy (3.1), exploration under anaesthesia (3.2), MR enterography (3.2), and bowel ultrasonography (3.3). About professional updating, respondents indicated (on a 5-point Likert scale) that helpful topics were practical medicine (4.3), managing difficult patients (4.1), and guidelines (4.0). The most desired modality for updating was residential courses on clinical practice (4.3). Conclusion: Several factors potentially limit the best management of IBD patients in Italy. Satisfying these unmet needs could improve care for IBD patients.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.