Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)
is a chronic and disabling disease with unknown etiology. There have been some …

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are known as inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD), chronic and potentially disabling diseases, affecting about 90 to 300 per 100,000 …

Background: It is unclear whether psychological stress contributes to the inflammatory
process in the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's …

Psychological disorders are highly prevalent in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD). Anxiety and depression are known to independently affect quality of life and may …

While it is widely accepted that chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
may trigger negative psychological emotions such as distress and even depression, it is …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a
chronic, relapsing immune-mediated disease with a varying and sometimes severe disease …

BACKGROUND: This prospective study aimed to determine whether cognitive-behavioural
group treatment accompanying medical standard care is effective in reducing psychological …

Background: Enquiries among patients on the one hand and experimental and
observational studies on the other suggest an influence of stress on inflammatory bowel …

Abstract Background The Common Sense Model (CSM) of illness representations was used
in the current study to examine the relative contribution of illness perceptions and coping …

OBJECTIVE: The determinants of health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease
are not completely understood. The present study aimed to assess two factors in patients …