Table 2.
Description of the inflammatory bowel disease disk: a simple way to capture the patients’ perspective?43.
| The IBD disk: what is it? |
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| • Highly visual tool for assessing disease burden in patients with IBD |
| • Based on the “Psodisk” used by patients with psoriasis |
| • 10-item scale; each disease impact item rated from 1–10 |
| How to complete the IBD disk? |
| • Completed by patient before or during their consultation with the healthcare practitioner |
| Potential benefits of the IBD disk |
| • Provides an easy-to-use visual tool for IBD patients to effectively communicate disease burden to their healthcare practitioner |
| • Allows prompt discussion on specific issues in a consultation |
| • Aids in setting short- and long-term goals with patient |
| • Tracks changes in disease burden over time |
| • Helps assess and monitor treatment efficacy in terms of disease burden |
| • Monitors and encourages medication adherence |
IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.