Table 2.
Patient‐reported current prescription medication for their ulcerative colitis (UC) and satisfaction with medication
| Patients in remission† | Current overall health | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Male | Female | Yes | No | Excellent/good | Fair/poor | |
| Current prescription medication, n (%)‡ | |||||||
| Biologic | 21 (37) | 15 (71) | 6 (29) | 15 (71) | 6 (29) | 8 (38) | 13 (62) |
| Immunosuppressant | 19 (33) | 12 (63) | 7 (37) | 10 (53) | 8 (42) | 5 (26) | 14 (74) |
| 5‐aminosalicylates | 12 (22) | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | 8 (67) | 4 (33) | 4 (33) | 8 (67) |
| Corticosteroid | 17 (29) | 9 (53) | 8 (47) | 9 (53) | 7 (41) | 3 (19) | 13 (81) |
| Satisfaction with current prescription medication, n (%) | |||||||
| Very satisfied | 15 (28) | 10 (67) | 5 (33) | 11 (73) | 4 (27) | 6 (40) | 9 (60) |
| Somewhat satisfied | 34 (64) | 21 (62) | 13 (38) | 21 (64) | 12 (36) | 9 (27) | 24 (73) |
| Somewhat dissatisfied | 3 (6) | 1 (33) | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | 2 (67) | 0 (0) | 3 (100) |
| Very dissatisfied | 1 (2) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) |
| Top reasons for satisfaction, n (%)‡ | |||||||
| Less frequent flares | 26 (54) | 15 (58) | 11 (42) | 17 (65) | 9 (35) | 8 (31) | 18 (69) |
| Less abdominal pain | 23 (47) | 13 (57) | 10 (43) | 15 (65) | 8 (35) | 7 (30) | 16 (70) |
| Less urgency to visit the bathroom | 22 (45) | 13 (59) | 9 (41) | 15 (68) | 7 (32) | 8 (36) | 14 (64) |
†
Remission was self‐reported by patients and was defined as disease being controlled with few to no symptoms.
‡
Patients could select more than one answer.
Overall current prescription medication: other (n = 3; 6%) and none (n = 4; 7%), data not shown.