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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2019; 25(30): 4246-4260
Published online Aug 14, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i30.4246
Inflammatory bowel disease patient profiles are related to specific information needs: A nationwide survey
Saleh Daher, Tawfik Khoury, Ariel Benson, John R Walker, Oded Hammerman, Ron Kedem, Timna Naftali, Rami Eliakim, Ofer Ben-Bassat, Charles N Bernstein, Eran Israeli
Saleh Daher, Tawfik Khoury, Ariel Benson, Oded Hammerman, Eran Israeli, Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Tawfik Khoury, Department of Gastroenterology, Galilee Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Nahariya 22100, Israel
John R Walker, Charles N Bernstein, IBD Clinical and Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E3P4, Canada
Ron Kedem, Research Branch, IDF Medical Corps, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat Gan 52630, Israel
Timna Naftali, Institute of Gastroenterology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-saba 4428164, Israel
Timna Naftali, Rami Eliakim, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 6997801, Israel
Rami Eliakim, Institute of Gastroenterology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 52630, Israel
Ofer Ben-Bassat, Institute of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach-Tikva 49100, Israel
Author contributions: Daher S, Khoury T, Benson A, Bernstein CN and Israeli E formulated study concept and design; Daher S, Benson A, Naftali T, Eliakim R, Ben-Bassat O and Israeli E contributed to acquisition of data; all authors contributed to analysis, interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; Daher S, Khoury T, Benson A, Hammerman O and Israeli E contributed to drafting of the manuscript; Kedem R assisted with statistical analysis; Israeli E supervised the performance of all stages of the study; all authors approved the final version of the manuscript; Prof John R Walker deceased December 14, 2018.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the local ethical committee at Hadassah Medical center number 0327-14-HMO.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding this manuscript.
Data sharing statement: Statistical code and dataset available from the corresponding author at [Saleh@Hadassah.org.il]. Consent was not obtained for data sharing but the presented data are anonymized and risk of identification is low.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STORBE Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to it.
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Corresponding author: Saleh Daher, MA, MD, Attending Doctor, Attending Physician, Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein-Kerem, P.O.B 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. saleh@hadassah.org.il
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Received: March 18, 2019
Peer-review started: March 19, 2019
First decision: April 30, 2019
Revised: June 9, 2019
Accepted: June 22, 2019
Article in press: June 23, 2019
Published online: August 14, 2019
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Core Tip

Core tip: A majority of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) patients have inadequate information regarding their disease. Self-knowledge in chronic diseases improves long-term outcomes. We performed a nationwide survey of 571 IBD patients utilizing a 28 items questionnaire to measure the adequacy of patients' knowledge and define unmet needs, and examined whether different patient profiles drive unique needs. We found a universal lack of information among the participants regarding IBD. Different patient profiles, as derived from demographic and clinical parameters, had clinically relevant associations with unique information needs. We aim for future adoption of a personalized education approach by building a patient tailored information resource website.