ArticleGastroenterology & hepatology2023
Why Studying Urgency Is Urgent.
Article in Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Urgency Numeric Rating Scale: Psychometric Evaluation in Adults with Crohn's Disease.Advances in therapy · 2025Trial
- Bowel urgency in inflammatory bowel disease: A concept analysis.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026Review
- Combined bowel urgency, clinical outcomes, and quality of life improvement in mirikizumab-treated ulcerative colitis: a step toward comprehensive disease management.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2026Article
- Communicating Needs and Features of IBD Experiences study: Canadian individuals and healthcare professional perceptions of the experience and impact of symptoms of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Assessment of Bowel Urgency in Ulcerative Colitis: Current Measures and Future Directions.Gastro hep advances · 2026Review
- Broad Impact of Bowel Urgency in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease: US, European, and Japanese Patient and Healthcare Professional Perspectives from the Communicating Needs and Features of IBD Experiences (CONFIDE) Survey.Advances in therapy · 2025Article
- Unmet needs in adult patients with ulcerative colitis in Spain: a real-world Adelphi Disease Specific Programme study.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Bowel Urgency in Ulcerative Colitis is Independently Associated with Histologic Inflammation and Stool Form Despite Endoscopic Remission.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Patient perception of bowel urgency and remission in moderately to severely active Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis: a qualitative study.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2024Article
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Abstract
Bowel urgency, the sudden and immediate need to have a bowel movement, is one of the most widely reported and debilitating symptoms of ulcerative colitis. Urgency has a profound impact on patient well-being, often resulting in patient disengagement from education, employment, and social activities. Although its prevalence correlates with disease activity, it is present in states of both disease flare and remission. Postulated pathophysiologic mechanisms are complex, but urgency is likely a consequence of both acute inflammation and structural sequelae of chronic inflammation. Bowel urgency is not widely incorporated into clinical assessment indices or clinical trial endpoints, despite being a pivotal symptom influencing patient health-related quality of life. Addressing urgency can be challenging owing to the associated embarrassment for patients in volunteering this symptom, and its management can be nuanced in the context of a paucity of specific evidence to target it, independently of disease activity. Explicitly inquiring about urgency and integrating it into a multidisciplinary team combining gastroenterologists, psychological support, and continence services is essential to achieving shared satisfaction from treatment. This article outlines the prevalence of urgency and its impact on the quality of life of patients, describes postulated driving mechanisms, and makes recommendations for its inclusion in clinical care and research.
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