Generalisability of the inflammatory bowel disease knowledge inventory device to assess disease-related knowledge in Australian children.

Aim: Disease knowledge may affect disease outcome, adherence to therapy and quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The IBD knowledge inventory device (IBD-KID) was specifically developed and validated for children to measure disease-specific knowledge. The relevance of the IBD-KID was now determined in an Australian population of children with IBD.