Nurse in patients' health status assessment: Data from a pilot study assessing agreement among nurse and gastroenterologist in computing IBD-clinical scores.

Introduction: Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are chronic, systemic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBDs) that need a multidisciplinary approach involving not only different medical specialists but also qualified nurses.

Aim: We evaluated the concordance between IBD-nurse and physician in computing Clinical Activity Scores in IBD-patients treated with biologics.

Methods: We enrolled all consecutive IBD-patients treated with biologics in two referral centers for IBD-care.