Fig. 1.
Subjects enrolled in this study and prevalence of sleep disturbances. Among the 177 IBD patients enrolled, 41 patients were excluded: 27 were shift workers, 11 had a stoma, and 3 were undergoing home parenteral nutrition or home infusion therapy. The remaining 136 patients were analyzed in the present study. Prevalence of sleep disturbances in IBD patients was 44.1 % (60 out of 136 patients)