Background And Study Aim: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic relapsing-remitting disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. IBD causes significant impairment in the patient's quality of life that should be assessed and monitored in a flexible and easy way. The IBD-Disability Index (IBD-DI) is the only validated tool to assess disability in IBD patients, but it is difficult to use in clinical practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Celiac disease is an immune-mediated intestinal disorder with a global prevalence of 1% that results from gluten sensitivity in a genetically susceptible person. It presents with gastrointestinal symptoms, consequences of malabsorption, and/or extraintestinal manifestations that include neuropsychiatric symptoms. Aim The aim of this study was to measure the frequency of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Jordanian patients with celiac disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncreasing awareness of any disease, especially heart disease, is crucial to improve health culture in general. The lack of communication between the different departments of social and health institutions may hinder such increasing awareness due to the lack of enough research that highlights this problem. As health culture education related to heart diseases raises young people's awareness, it improves their lives by developing their knowledge and changing their attitudes, habits, and behaviours towards the risk factors related to such diseases.
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