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ArticleAnnals of gastroenterology2021

COVID-19 quarantine measures are associated with negative social impacts and compromised follow-up care in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Brazil.

Marley Ribeiro Feitosa, Rogério Serafim Parra, Hugo Parra de Camargo, Sandro da Costa Ferreira, Luiz Ernesto de Almeida Troncon, José Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha, Omar Féres

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Article in Annals of gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marley Ribeiro FeitosaDepartment of Surgery and Anatomy (Marley Ribeiro Feitosa, Rogério Serafim Parra, Hugo Parra de Camargo, José Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha, Omar Féres).
Rogério Serafim ParraDepartment of Surgery and Anatomy (Marley Ribeiro Feitosa, Rogério Serafim Parra, Hugo Parra de Camargo, José Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha, Omar Féres).
Hugo Parra de CamargoDepartment of Surgery and Anatomy (Marley Ribeiro Feitosa, Rogério Serafim Parra, Hugo Parra de Camargo, José Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha, Omar Féres).
Sandro da Costa FerreiraDepartment of Clinical Medicine (Sandro da Costa Ferreira, Luiz Ernesto de Almeida Troncon), Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Luiz Ernesto de Almeida TronconDepartment of Clinical Medicine (Sandro da Costa Ferreira, Luiz Ernesto de Almeida Troncon), Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil.
José Joaquim Ribeiro da RochaDepartment of Surgery and Anatomy (Marley Ribeiro Feitosa, Rogério Serafim Parra, Hugo Parra de Camargo, José Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha, Omar Féres).
Omar FéresDepartment of Surgery and Anatomy (Marley Ribeiro Feitosa, Rogério Serafim Parra, Hugo Parra de Camargo, José Joaquim Ribeiro da Rocha, Omar Féres).
Clinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCOVID-19 has affected the entire world. We aimed to determine the impact of COVID-19 containment measures on the daily life and follow up of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

methodsDuring May 2020, we evaluated 179 (79.6%) patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and 46 (20.4%) with ulcerative colitis (UC) by telephone, using a structured questionnaire to gather information on social impact and IBD follow up.

resultsSome kind of social distancing measure was reported by 95.6% of our patients, self-quarantine (64.9%) being the most frequent. Depressive mood was the most prevalent social impact (80.2%), followed by anxiety/fear of death (58.2%), insomnia (51.4%), daily activity impairment (48%), sexual dysfunction (46.2%), and productivity impairment (44%). The results were similar when we compared patients with active disease to those in remission and patients with UC to those with CD. Analysis of IBD follow up showed that 83.1% of all patients missed an IBD medical appointment, 45.5% of the patients missed laboratory tests, 41.3% missed the national flu vaccination program, 31.3% missed any radiologic exam, 17.3% missed colonoscopy, and 16.9% failed to obtain biologic therapy prescriptions. Biologics were discontinued by 28.4% of the patients. UC patients had higher rates of missed vaccination than CD patients (56.5% vs. 37.4%, P=0.02) and more failures to obtain a biologic prescription (28.3% vs. 14.0%, P=0.02).

conclusionsOur study reveals alarming social impacts and declining follow-up care for IBD patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. These findings may have implications for disease control in the near future.

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Crohn’s diseasehealthcareInflammatory bowel diseaseoutcome assessmentulcerative colitis

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