ArticleSaudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
IBD-Disk as a tool estimating the prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease-related disability and associated influencing factors in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study.
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- Prevalence of disability in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Second United Arab Emirates consensus guidance on the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Saudi consensus guidance for the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025Guideline
- Randomized Trial of Intensive Nurse-Led Follow‑Up Versus Standard Care in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Trial
- Disability among Palestinian patients with inflammatory bowel disease: evaluation using the IBD Disk and identification of associated factors.Crohn's & colitis 360 · 2026Article
- [Clinical activity and validation of the disability disc in inflammatory bowel disease].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026Article
- Unexpected Pneumomediastinum in Crohn's Disease: Implications and Case Analysis.The American journal of case reports · 2025Article
- A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Disability in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Using IBD Disk in a Tertiary Center from Romania.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Author response to "Is IBD disk a reliable tool in Saudi Arabia?"Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2024Article
- Is IBD disk a reliable tool in Saudi Arabia?Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) disk is an easy tool to use in clinical practice to measure IBD-related disability, with a score >40 correlating with high daily-life burden. Its use has been limited mainly to the western world. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of IBD-related disability and evaluate the associated risk factors in Saudi Arabia. Methods: In this cross sectional study conducted at a tertiary referral center for IBD, the English IBD disk was translated into Arabic, and patients with IBD were approached to complete it. Total IBD disk score (0 = no disability; 100 = severe disability) was documented and a score of >40 was set as a threshold to estimate the prevalence of disability. Results: Eighty patients with a mean age of 32.5 ± 11.9 years and disease duration of 6 years, including 57% females, were analyzed. The mean IBD-disk total score was 20.70 ± 18.69. The mean subscores for each function within the disk ranged from 0.38 ± 1.69 for sexual functions to 3.61 ± 3.29 for energy. The overall prevalence of IBD-related disability was 19% (15/80 scoring >40) and was much higher in active disease, in males and in IBD of long duration (39%, 24%, and 26%, respectively). A clinically active disease, high CRP, and high calprotectin were strongly associated with higher disk scores. Conclusion: Although the overall mean IBD disk score was low, nearly 19% of our population had high scores signifying a high prevalence of disability. As demonstrated by other studies, active disease and high biomarkers were significantly associated with higher IBD-disk scores.
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