Inflammatory Bowel Disease Disability Index is a valid and reliable measure of disability in an English-speaking hospital practice and predicts long-term requirement for treatment escalation.

Objective: The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Disability Index (IBD-DI) was developed according to WHO standards and has been validated in population-based cohorts. However, there are limited data on its relationship to various psychosocial and economic variables or its relevance to hospital clinical practice. The study aims were to determine the validity and reliability of the IBD-DI in an English-speaking hospital out-patient population and to evaluate its association with short and long-term disease activity.

Patient Education in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Patient-Centred, Mixed Methodology Study.

Background: Consensus guidelines from the European Crohns and Colitis Organisation conclude that optimizing quality of care in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] involves information and education. However, there is no standardized patient education programme in IBD and education varies from centre to centre.

Aim: To assess patients' education needs in IBD to facilitate design of a patient education programme.

Body image dissatisfaction: clinical features, and psychosocial disability in inflammatory bowel disease.

Background: Body image refers to a person's sense of their physical appearance and body function. A negative body image self-evaluation may result in psychosocial dysfunction. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are associated with disabling features, and body image dissatisfaction is a concern for many patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

The body image scale: a simple and valid tool for assessing body image dissatisfaction in inflammatory bowel disease.

Background: Body image refers to a persons' sense of their own physical appearance. This can be negatively influenced by a number of factors including disease states and treatments. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) carries a distinct psychosocial and a physical burden, but body image has not been formally assessed in patients with IBD, nor is there a validated body image questionnaire.