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ReviewInflammatory bowel diseases2015

Getting personal: a review of sexual functioning, body image, and their impact on quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Sharon Jedel, Megan M Hood, Ali Keshavarzian

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Review in Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Multidimensional fatigue mediates the relationship between sexual quality of life and perceived stress in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025
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  12. Dutch normative data of the sexual distress scale and the body image scale.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023
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  16. Is there a higher frequency of anal dysplasia and infection by human papillomavirus in Crohn's disease patients?Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2022
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  18. [How Should We Do Different Approach to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Gender Difference?]The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 2021
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  20. Infliximab for Crohn's Disease Patients with Perianal Fistulas: Better Image, Better Life.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sharon JedelDivision of Digestion Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Megan M Hood
Ali Keshavarzian

Funding

Biological & Psychological Factors as Predictors & Indicators of MBSR ResponseR01AT007143 · NCCIH · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI HOBFOLL, STEVAN, KESHAVARZIAN, ALI · 2011 to 2015
$2.2M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT007143NCCIH NIH HHS R01AT007143-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a chronic relapsing disorder associated with distressing physical and psychological symptoms. Many patients with IBD have impaired quality of life. Sexual functioning and body image are rated high among concerns of patients with IBD and may impact quality of life. A better understanding of the roles of sexual functioning and body image in quality of life for patients with IBD is needed because improvement in quality of life is a primary therapeutic goal. The aim of this review was to summarize the current literature on sexual functioning and body image in patients with IBD, emphasizing their impact on quality of life.

methodsAn electronic search of the literature was conducted using the PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cochrane databases. Key phrases included: "Ulcerative Colitis/Crohn's disease/Inflammatory Bowel Disease and sexual function," and "Ulcerative Colitis/Crohn's disease/Inflammatory Bowel Disease and body image." The search produced 1284 citations. We identified 56 studies, which were conducted from 1990 through April 2014, written in English, and included at least 10 adults with IBD.

conclusionsFew studies have tested directly the association between quality of life and sexual functioning and body image among patients with IBD. Results preliminarily suggest a positive relationship between quality of life and sexual functioning and body image postoperatively among patients with IBD. Future studies comprised of patients who have not had surgery are necessary to better understand the relationship between sexual functioning, body image, and quality of life in patients with active and inactive IBD.

Indexed as

Body ImageChronic DiseaseColitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesQuality of LifeSexuality

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PMID25789923
PMCPMC4369789

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