CAM	Complementary and Alternative Medicines
CASP	Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
CD	Crohn’s Disease
GP	General Practitioner/Family Doctor
HADS	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
HCP	Healthcare Professionals
IBD	Inflammatory Bowel Disease
IBDU	Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified
IUC	Indeterminate Ulcerative Colitis
MARS	Medication Adherence Report Scale
MANOVA	Multivariate Analysis of Variance
MMAS	Morisky Medication Adherence Scale
MPR	Medication Possession Ratio
MVA	Multivariable Analysis
PDC	Proportion of Days Covered
QoL	Quality of Life
UC	Ulcerative Colitis
UK	United Kingdom
VAS	Visual Analogue Scale